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January 6, 2019 10:35 am at 10:35 am
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DovidBT
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a plane needs to faster than the wind to keep up airspeed so that it won’t stall
That’s not exactly how it works. The airplane is “inside the wind”, so it’s relative airspeed that matters. Actually it’s the “angle of attack” that determines when a plane stalls.