On Feb 16, 2:08 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Well, yes, flight testing for instance. VNE is 10% below a tested dive
speed. Alos, as I posted before, some airplanes had an emergency dive
speed. Vd. I'd have to look it up to see, though. In any case, it's not a
legal limit, it;'s a design limitation.


I know one or two jump pilots who drop their load and are back on the
deck picking up the next load before the first have all landed