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Old 7th Sep 2019, 10:42
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roundsounds
 
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Originally Posted by gulliBell
The data points in that ALT/GS plot are odd. Going from 60 kts to 160 kts, and then zero kts, in the space of a few minutes...there must be 60+ kts worth of tail wind as the UH-1H typically only does 100 kts IAS. With a turn into wind followed by a turn downwind again. And all those altitude changes. Makes you wonder what they might have been doing, must have been a wild ride.
Perhaps a Pitot / Static system fault?
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