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Old October 29th 07, 04:20 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
Jim Macklin
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Default Adiabatic lapse rate

It is used to model the standard atmosphere, certainly is a
scientific term used in physics, which applies to
meteorological study. It has an application to actual
flight by using terms such as ISA+20



"Al G" wrote in message
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| Why dies everyone think that the standard lapse rate is
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| It's not.
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| You think it is a cooking term?
| Maybe medical, as in "I let my medical lapse".
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| Al G
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