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Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

Fear of Landing

View of the right side forward area of the airplane showing the covered pitot probe. During the take-off roll, the first officer noticed that although the Challenger 300 was accelerating normally, the right-side primary flight control had stopped showing acceleration above 40 knots. He called out that he had no airspeed.

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V-Speeds Explained (Vx, Vy, Va, Vs, Vfe, Vmc, Vno, Vne, etc)

Pilot Institute

Ask a pilot how many V-speeds exist, and youll get an answer anywhere between Whats a V-speed? In this article, well explain everything you need to know about V-speeds. Key Takeaways V-speeds provide safe aircraft operation. What Are V-Speeds? best rate of climb speed VY).

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Hand on Thrust, Brain on Autopilot

Fear of Landing

In order to understand what happened that day, we need to understand V-speeds: relative speeds which need to be calculated for every flight. The key speeds during take-off are V 1 and V 2. The next important V-Speed is V R , which is the rotation speed.