Cockpit Pitot Tube Thrust 
AeroSavvy
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Airlines are upgrading older cockpits with newer displays, so this old indicator will soon become a relic. Ram air from a pitot tube and static (undisturbed) outside air from a static port, usually a hole on the side of the fuselage. The instrument provides pilots with a surprising amount of information.
Professional Pilot
JANUARY 2, 2025
It can also become lodged in pitot tubes or other ports, making altitude and airspeed readings unreliable. Heeding VAAs is important because they define areas of ash concentration that present dangers to aircraft, and that concentration is frequently too low for an ash cloud to be seen by a pilot from the cockpit.
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