Aileron Indicated Airspeed Pitot Tube 
Pilot Institute
JULY 11, 2025
Why don’t they use Indicated Airspeed just like the pilots who fly slower aircraft? Key Takeaways Mach number is a dimensionless ratio of true airspeed to local speed of sound. That’s the speed your airspeed indicator shows based on ram air pressure in the pitot tube. Here’s why.
AV Web
MAY 20, 2025
Now the T-38 would roll twice per second, a 720-degree-per-second roll rate, and I aileron-rolled it five or six times right over the cloud deck, the coolest visual ever, and then rolled out. I deserved the taunting; doing aileron rolls like that and getting discombobulated was my own fault. No one did that, by the way. What About You?
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