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Originally Posted by JabroniJohn
Perhaps there are aircraft-specific exceptions?

You might be able to design a plane such that min drag and L/D max are very close.

But as UAL and Tony pointed out, they are not typically the same, they are located at different points on the graph. PRmin = min drag, since thrust = drag in steady state level flight.
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