Pilot Institute
JULY 11, 2025
Why don’t they use Indicated Airspeed just like the pilots who fly slower aircraft? Key Takeaways Mach number is a dimensionless ratio of true airspeed to local speed of sound. That’s the speed your airspeed indicator shows based on ram air pressure in the pitot tube. Here’s why.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 30, 2025
There are gap seals between the elevator and horizontal stabilizer, and the rudder and vertical stabilizer. We found a flaps up, power-off stall speed of 47 mph indicated airspeed, and full-flap stall speed of 42 mph indicated. gph; at 65 percent power the TAS was 140 mph and fuel burn was 11.7
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Aerotime
MARCH 21, 2025
Around 13 seconds before touchdown as the aircraft was descending through 153 feet above ground level (AGL) the TSB said the CRJ900s indicated airspeed increased to 154 knots whereas the ground speed did not change appreciably, consistent with a performance-increasing wind gust. The bank angle increased to a 4.7right bank.
Plane and Pilot
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The margin beyond VNE in indicated airspeed and the onset of flutter may be less than many pilots would guess. The pilot died instantly.
Plane and Pilot
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Alongside a nearby highway, some recognizable bits of airplane, the vertical stabilizer and rudder, a horizontal stabilizer and elevator, fell separately to Earth. The margin beyond VNE in indicated airspeed and the onset of flutter may be less than many pilots would guess. The pilot died instantly.
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