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.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Altimeter Lift 52

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. Flutter is a dangerous, complex, dynamic aeroelastic phenomenon dependent on true airspeed. The pilot died instantly. Nevertheless, the NTSB is clear.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 69

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. Flutter is a dangerous, complex, dynamic aeroelastic phenomenon dependent on true airspeed. The pilot died instantly. Nevertheless, the NTSB is clear.

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True Airspeed Indicated Airspeed Horizontal Stabilizer Aileron 67

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

Particular attention to true airspeed vs. turn radius. What specific indicated airspeed will be flown/adhered to during the circling maneuver? FAA parameters are no lower than 500’ AGL for stabilized criteria What specific runway lighting do we expect to see? What speed on final approach? No later than).

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 97