Plane and Pilot
MAY 31, 2025
It was the evening of June 1, 2009, and Flight 447, a 4-year-old Airbus 330, was serenely cruising just below the equator at FL 360. Suddenly, one of the Airbus three redundant pitot tubes clogged with ice crystals.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
It works by reading the difference between static pressure and total pressure from air flowing into a pitot tube. You can use a flight computer like an E6B or onboard avionics to determine your true airspeed. For equivalent airspeed, you can rely on flight computers or specific charts in your Aircraft Flight Manual.
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