Air
MAY 21, 2025
Drawbacks: In cruise, a headwind reduces your groundspeed , meaning your journey will take longer and consume more fuel. It increases your groundspeed , shortening your flight time and saving fuel. It increases your groundspeed , shortening your flight time and saving fuel. And it’s unique in Europe!
Flying Magazine
APRIL 25, 2024
As we turned to intercept the localizer, the winds were 360 at 53 knots at 2,000 feet, according to our wind vector on the primary flight display. Our groundspeed was a meager 72 knots as we descended on the glideslope. As we broke out of the cloud base, the rain limited the forward visibility through the windscreen.
Air Facts
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Ah, a wind shear and a lot worse was going to mess with our landing. As we turned back, the wind shear hit. The airspeed decreased and the downdraft caused him to pitch up to maintain altitude and I helped push the throttle in to maintain airspeed as our groundspeed built up from 120 knots to over 150knots in short order.
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