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Old 3rd August 2008 | 20:37
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Because of inertia, the plane will tend to maintain current groundspeed rather than maintain constant IAS if you run into an increasing headwind. So if you run do run into increasing headwind, there will be an immediate increase in IAS. If you are flying along in still air and you are hit suddenly by a tailwind the same value as your IAS, what will happen to your IAS, and what will happen to the plane?
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