Flight Plan Pitot Tube Thrust 
Pilot Institute
JULY 11, 2025
That’s the speed your airspeed indicator shows based on ram air pressure in the pitot tube. How Pilots Use Mach Number in Flight Operations Flight Planning and Mach Techniques Every aircraft has an optimum cruise speed that gives it the best fuel mileage. on dry thrust alone.
Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
The Cessna 150 Since I was the only instrument rated pilot on the team, and the weather was marginal VFR, I chose to fly the 172, N7358G, up to Fairfield on an IFR flight plan above the clouds at 7,000 feet. My IFR flight plan called for a climb through some 4,000′ of clouds up to a cruise altitude of 7,000 feet.
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