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Old 4th July 2008 | 20:45
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From: S Warwickshire
TAS=IAS/sqrt(delta)

where Delta=ratio of air density to ISA SL density
=288.15/(T+273.15) * (P/1013.25)

and P= Ambient pressure in HPa(mB)
T= ambient temperature in degrees celsius

This ignores the compressibility correction, which is very small at low Mach numbers up to about M0.3

The "rule of thumb" correction is actually nearer to 1.5% per 1000' at low altitudes
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