The unit for MMO is which?

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Multiple Choice

The unit for MMO is which?

Explanation:
MMO is a maximum operating Mach number. The reason the unit is Mach is that the speed of sound changes with altitude and temperature, so using Mach provides a consistent limit across different flight conditions. When you see MMO, it’s telling you the highest fraction of the local speed of sound the airplane is allowed to fly at in level flight. That means the same Mach limit can correspond to very different indicated airspeeds or true airspeeds depending on altitude, which is why speed limits like MMO are given in Mach rather than knots or feet per second.

MMO is a maximum operating Mach number. The reason the unit is Mach is that the speed of sound changes with altitude and temperature, so using Mach provides a consistent limit across different flight conditions. When you see MMO, it’s telling you the highest fraction of the local speed of sound the airplane is allowed to fly at in level flight. That means the same Mach limit can correspond to very different indicated airspeeds or true airspeeds depending on altitude, which is why speed limits like MMO are given in Mach rather than knots or feet per second.

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