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Old 03-20-2005, 11:49 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by 95transam
This may sound stupid but what do you mean by DA? I was also running on 3/4 tank of gas which maybe slowed me down a bit?
Density Altitude. Basically an equation that takes the weather conditions and corrects the track altitude to the weather altitude. The warmer and higher the humidity the higher the density altitude, meaning the air is less dense translating into slower times.
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