Airplanes Instrument Meteorological Conditions Pitot Tube 
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2024
” The answers come from a clever little setup on your airplane: a metal tube sticking into the airstream and a tiny hole on the fuselage. These two simple features power three of the most important cockpit instruments. This setup is called the pitot-static system. That’s called a pitot tube.
Northstar VFR
JUNE 30, 2024
Overview of the Pitot-Static System The pitot-static system is a network of ports, tubes and lines that utilizes ambient (static) and dynamic pressure for the operation of the airspeed indicator (ASI), altimeter, and vertical speed indicator (VSI). The pitot tube is a peculiar looking probe on aircraft to our non-flying friends.
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