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Delta CRJ-900 Accident In Toronto: Preliminary Report Published

One Mile at a Time

degrees Less than one second before touchdown, the plane had an indicated airspeed of 134 knots, a ground speed of 111 knots, a bank angle of 7.1 The initial impact was 420 feet past the runway 23 threshold. degree bank Two seconds before touchdown, the planes bank angle to the right increased, to 5.9

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The Classic Boeing Airspeed Indicator

AeroSavvy

Airspeed Pointer The airspeed pointer shows the indicated airspeed in knots as generated by the Air Data Computer. Digital Data Airspeed The Indicated Airspeed (above 30 knots) is displayed in a digital format. This speed is identical to the speed depicted by the Airspeed Pointer.

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The Flying Bear Goes to Beantown | Part 4, Going Missed

Photographic Logbook

Caught in series of up and down drafts, the autopilot pitched the Warrior aggressively to maintain altitude and the indicated airspeed trended too high in each updraft. We broke out right at the missed approach point which is much too high and close to the runway threshold to make a normal landing. I logged about 0.7

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