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Maybe they meant the cruise speed of the test aircraft. Some quick googling reveals it as a Colomban MC-30 Luciole [1], which according to Wikipedia [2] has a c
by wongarsu 3y ago
Maybe they meant the cruise speed of the test aircraft. Some quick googling reveals it as a Colomban MC-30 Luciole [1], which according to Wikipedia [2] has a cruise speed of 110 mph and a maximum speed of 120 mph. Mounting the long instrument arm to the tiny aircraft probably doesn't do it any favors (seriously, the aircraft looks tiny next to a Cessna), so cruising at 60mph sounds reasonable.
[1] https://www.wildbergair.com/registrations/C/OE-CRG_1_01.htm https://www.wildbergair.com/registrations/C/OE-CRG_1_01.htm
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colomban_MC-30_Luciole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colomban_MC-30_Luciole