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Old 16th Sep 2011, 16:49
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skwinty
 
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gravity32,

The altitude calibration velocity would be at least Mach .8 at high altitude.
As I posted earlier.

488 knots at 500 ft is completely outside of the normal flight envelope.

This, as confirmed by A320slave, does not imply that the pitot static was out of its calibration envelope.
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