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Old 9th Jun 2009, 13:33
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vodmor
 
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To calculate airspeed with GPS you would need PRECISE wind data. And you don`t have it.
In small airplanes I was told if you experience pitot tube failure you need to fly the aircraft with the seat of your pants and use the power setting to guess the airspeed, but obviously you need to know the aircraft you`re flying pretty well, and be lucky
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