Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

If you’re aiming to get comfortable with managing both airspeed and altitude in flight, you’ll need to understand the difference between indicated airspeed (IAS) and true airspeed (TAS). Key Takeaways Airspeed and altitude are directly linked to each other throughout different phases of your flight. Why is that?

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

This particular 172 normally cruised at 120 mph indicated airspeed, but with the ice it would barely do 90 mph and that required full throttle! But the prolonged operation at full throttle and reduced airspeed made a fuel stop at Kirksville, in Northern Missouri a necessity. What had happened? How can this be?

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VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

If you master airplane attitude instrument flying, then everything else you will do that follows, from departure procedures to instrument approaches, will simply be combining your BAI skills with navigation. Adjust the power to the setting that you previously determined will produce the desired airspeed.

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Descent Altimeter Airplanes Indicated Airspeed 52

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The ADC processes the data and sends it to various aircraft systems including airspeed/Mach indicators (like the SI-800), altimeters, Flight Management Systems (FMS), Autopilot Flight Director System (AFDS), elevator feel computers, and more. This speed is identical to the speed depicted by the Airspeed Pointer.

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 52

Air

MAY 21, 2025

For landing, it means a shorter landing roll and a slower approach speed over the ground, offering enhanced control. For landing, it increases your groundspeed on approach and extends the landing distance. Can cause sudden losses or gains in indicated airspeed (IAS), directly affecting lift.

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Crosswind Wind Shear Groundspeed Flight Computer 52