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Forum: Tech Log

3rd Aug 2014, 04:55

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Airspeed and altitude : why not GPS as a backup to pitots ?

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Posted By pattern_is_full

Here's a real-life example of why ground speed...

Here's a real-life example of why ground speed doesn't help much with flying the plane.

I was in a Cessna 172 on a long cross country flight. Cruising at 100 kts indicated on the gauge (at 11,500...

Forum: Tech Log

3rd Aug 2014, 03:51

Replies: 32

Airspeed and altitude : why not GPS as a backup to pitots ?

Views: 7,916

Posted By pattern_is_full

Question came up in the original AF447 threads. ...

Question came up in the original AF447 threads.

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A plane flies based on how many air molecules are flowing over the wings and controls surfaces per second, generating...

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