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Old 15th Apr 2022, 19:36
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Originally Posted by RBF
Is there any reason for not having modern airspeed indicators showing EAS instead of IAS?
How can the airspeed Indicated on an Air Speed Indicator be anything but Indicated Air Speed? Indicated means exactly that - the speed that is indicated by the indicator. No matter what compensation, calibration, or correction is applied it is still Indicated Air Speed.

Shouldn't the question be - why can't IAS be equal to EAS?
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