Originally posted by Gabriel
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A favorite quote was that a 182 (clean and full power) could do 120 knots on final and not screw up the approaches at a busy airport.
Ok, I think it still falls about 30 knots short of 'seamlessly merging', but the point is that "the little plane going a bit fast while the big plane goes a bit slow" is a common practice done to sort of help keep traffic moving smoothly- even though speeds may not be equal.
And a twin versus a turboprop brings the speeds even more closely in line (not in terms of equaling, but in terms of some overlap).
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