Fan speed on Macbook Air 2,1

Hello,
I know from experience other users than just myself have or have had issues with heat on their Macbook Air.
My problem is that whatever I do, it gets hot quite quickly, and from 20 minutes of use on has the fan on maximum being 6500 RPM as I understand from iStat pro.
Is this a hard(ware) issue like the heat sink not ideally glued to the CPU or anything, or is it normal behaviour ?

Barry,
I think it depends on your normal workflow. With my MBair things are normal with web browsing and other light duties but heats up very quickly with any Graphics or CPU intensive activities. Watching any video heats up rapidly. So, your situation is normal for some activities but not normal for others.
Regards,
Captfred

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