Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

My true airspeed, 68% power, 6,500 feet, was 161 mph. The many hours of plodding over these routes had put the towns, rivers, railroads and other features firmly in my mind and, like riding a bicycle, you never forget. The only changes are the super highways which ribbon across the land and make navigating easier.

Weather 60

Weather Airplanes Lift Flight Plan 60

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Your aircraft will fly at a faster true airspeed at higher density altitudes. Temperature An increase in temperature will increase the density altitude. A high density altitude decreases the performance of the engine and the wing. Landing distance will increase, and go-around and takeoff performance will decrease.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Descent 52

Pilot's Life Blog

APRIL 9, 2024

True Airspeed vs Indicated Airspeed VS Equivalent Airspeed Since airspeed indicators use air pressure to measure speed, the indicated airspeed can be less than the actual airspeed at higher altitudes. True airspeed (TAS) is the difference between the indicated airspeed and actual speed.

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed True Airspeed Calibrated Airspeed 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

On one trip home, we had a 50-knot headwind, really annoying at a true airspeed of only 125. Next morning, we took off before the fires really got going again. Montana could also be bumpy in the summer, but that wasn’t the worst of it. All of this was quite different from Boston or California.

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Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed 87

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

On one trip home, we had a 50-knot headwind, really annoying at a true airspeed of only 125. Next morning, we took off before the fires really got going again. Montana could also be bumpy in the summer, but that wasn’t the worst of it. All of this was quite different from Boston or California.

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Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed 69

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

degrees), “b” is the wingspan, and “V” is the true airspeed (in the same units as the wingspan). Preferring a criterion that is independent of speed, engineers often refer to “peebee-over-toovee”—a (more or less) constant value represented by the ratio “pb/2V,” where “p” is the rate of roll in radians per second (a radian is 57.3

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Aileron Airfoil Weight-Shift-Control Airplanes 108

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

Particular attention to true airspeed vs. turn radius. For example, some aircraft limit flaps and gear in icing until on approach or forbid the use of speed brakes or require a minimum thrust setting. Specific discussion to neighboring terrain features such as buildings, towers, hills, trees.

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 70

Universal Weather

APRIL 9, 2024

or greater and/or max cruising true airspeed (TAS) greater than 250 knots (kts). Aircraft manufactured on or after 01-JAN-2020 and has an MTOW exceeding 12,566 lbs (5,700 kgs) or having a maximum cruising true airspeed (TAS) greater than 250 knots must have ADS-B (Out) 1090 MHz applicable to RTCA DO-260B.

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True Airspeed Instrument Flight Rules Knot Air Traffic Control 52

AeroSavvy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

TAT probe data is used for calculating Mach number and true airspeed which are critical for cruise flight and navigation. My airline’s 767 procedures require the use of engine anti-ice in visible moisture (rain, snow, clouds) between +10°C TAT and -40°C SAT.

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True Airspeed OAT UTC Thrust 52

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

According to published specs, the XP67A and ancillary upgrades will allow the aircraft to achieve a 55% reduction in time to climb and a true airspeed of at least 343 kts. For example, the new engine or the King Air 300 series is relabeled the XP67A. It’s important to point out that the Blackhawk process is an upgrade, not an overhaul.

Jet 40

Jet True Airspeed Weather Flight Deck 40

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

According to published specs, the XP67A and ancillary upgrades will allow the aircraft to achieve a 55% reduction in time to climb and a true airspeed of at least 343 kts. For example, the new engine or the King Air 300 series is relabeled the XP67A. It’s important to point out that the Blackhawk process is an upgrade, not an overhaul.

Jet 40

Jet True Airspeed Weather Flight Deck 40

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

At the high density altitude at Rifle a ground speed of 92 kt would have been equivalent to an indicated airspeed of less than 80 kt. If this included a wind component of 50 kt from behind, his true airspeed would have suddenly dropped to 30 kt, i.e. well below stall speed.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52