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Old 17th May 2006, 13:58
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Relation between IAS and Mach number

This quote comes from the FAA's "Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid" referring to Mach stability:

"This stability can be independent of airspeed if, for example, the airplane crosses a cold front. When the outside air temperature changes, the Mach number changes, even though the indicated airspeed may not change."

Now I thought that at a constant flight level, the relationship between IAS and Mach number is independant of temperature. So if you maintain a constant flight level and constant IAS, you also fly a constant Mach number even if the air temperature changes.

But then the source document was written by senior test pilots from Boeing and Airbus, so maybe I have got it wrong??
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