Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

If you’re aiming to get comfortable with managing both airspeed and altitude in flight, you’ll need to understand the difference between indicated airspeed (IAS) and true airspeed (TAS). Key Takeaways Airspeed and altitude are directly linked to each other throughout different phases of your flight. miles per hour.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52

Pilot's Life Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

In short, an airspeed indicator measures the ram pressure and compares it to static pressure to determine how fast a plane is moving. Moving air from outside feeds into the pitot tubes and fills a pressure diaphragm. True airspeed (TAS) is the difference between the indicated airspeed and actual speed.

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed True Airspeed Calibrated Airspeed 52

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Location of the Honeywell SI-800 airspeed indicator on a 757/767 panel Inputs All airspeed indicators need two air inputs. Ram air from a pitot tube and static (undisturbed) outside air from a static port, usually a hole on the side of the fuselage. Flying faster than V MO can cause structural damage.

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 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.

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VOR Weather Approach Runway 52