Descent Indicated Airspeed True Airspeed 
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.
Plane and Pilot
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
A few seconds later the airplane data showed a maneuver consistent with an aileron roll followed by a rapid descent about 1,000 feet before regaining its prior altitude and track above the highway.” Airspeed reached 248 kias, well over the never exceed VNE of 200 kias. There was no pulling up of the nose to regain level flight.
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Plane and Pilot
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
A few seconds later the airplane data showed a maneuver consistent with an aileron roll followed by a rapid descent about 1,000 feet before regaining its prior altitude and track above the highway.” Airspeed reached 248 kias, well over the never exceed VNE of 200 kias. There was no pulling up of the nose to regain level flight.
Air Facts
MAY 10, 2024
Perhaps just prior to the start of descent could be the optimum time–certainly completed no later than commencement of approach. Particular attention to true airspeed vs. turn radius. Recall that we must remain at or above MDA until we are in a normal position to perform a normal rate of descent to landing.
Chess In the Air
JUNE 24, 2022
Under normal circumstances Shmulik would have had sufficient altitude to delay the landing by several minutes: his glider’s minimum descent rate in still air was just 100 fpm. Even a more typical descent rate of 200 fpm would have allowed Shmulik to hold for about 5-7 minutes before he would have had to proceed with the landing.
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