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Old 13th November 2009 | 16:14
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Both CAS/IAS and Mach no will decrease.


Mach: when temp increases, the local speed of sound increases. Since your TAS is constant, it is now a lower percentage of LSS.
IAS/CAS: when temp increases, air density decreases. With decreasing air density, IAS/CAS reduces for a given TAS.

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