Flight Training Central

APRIL 8, 2024

Airspeed only. Airspeed and altimeter. Airspeed, altimeter, and vertical speed. If a flight is made from an area of low pressure into an area of high pressure without the altimeter setting being adjusted, the altimeter will indicate lower than the actual altitude above sea level. 15,940 feet.

Airplanes 52

Airplanes Altimeter Pitot Tube True Altitude 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! The general prognosis indicated no icing in the clouds, no turbulence and a quartering headwind from the west resulting in a mere five knots of headwind component.

VOR 52

VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

Air

MAY 21, 2025

It is a particularly insidious phenomenon that can be a prime cause of turbulence. Can cause sudden losses or gains in indicated airspeed (IAS), directly affecting lift. Altimeter errors can also occur due to pressure changes. This rapid change can occur with height or across a horizontal expanse.

Crosswind 52

Crosswind Wind Shear Groundspeed Flight Computer 52