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Old 4th Feb 2004, 09:59
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jtr
 
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744 GS calculations

Was looking at the prog page the other day, and the figures were something like...

TAS 495 kts
T/Wind 160 kts

and the GS on the ND said
GS 665 kts

All figure for illustrative purposes, but in a nutshell, the GS indicated GREATER than the total of TAS and T/wind by about 10 kts. FWIW wind was coming from our 7 o'clock.

It would seem to do with vector triangles, but be damned if I can figure it out.
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