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Old 27th Feb 2011, 11:42
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HazelNuts39
 
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Rivet gun;

Compressibility is not an error, but a physical characteristic of air. It affects the dynamic pressure in the pitot tube that drives a pneumatic ASI. Therefore airworthiness regulations require operational speeds such as V2 and Vref to be specified in CAS (at all altitudes). What would be the benefit of displaying EAS?

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