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>> Yes. After all, it is a MICROSOFT game.
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> Yep. In fact, the Concorde didn't have icing problems. At supersonic
> speed, the friction of air made the skin of the concorde so hot that the
> plane stretched by a measurable amount. Ice would not form on such hot
> surfaces.
That is true with the A340, when it tops out at Mach 1.1, the surfaces are
warmed enough where the icing problem dissapears with about 1/2 hour
and the autothottle can once again be used.
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