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Old 18th July 2001 | 15:00
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Turbofan
 
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Post Subtract from IAS or TAS...

Tooling around in the sky recently, I was trying to calculate the wind. Happens sometimes...

Anyway, I usually get the a/c generally pointed into wind and took the Ground Speed from the IAS. The thought occurred to me though that perhaps I should be taking it away from the TAS... (not a huge issue at the levels I'm at, but that's not the point)
I've come up with a number of reasons to do each, so basically I haven't come to a rock solid answer (but I'm leaning heavily towards TAS)/

Comments/answers anyone?

Cheers,
Turbofan
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