Airspeed

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Airplane Flight Manual
inoperative equipment
operating limitations
limitations
placard
wheelbase length
powerplant
turning radius
symbology
VS1 — stalling speed with landing gear and flaps retracted
VS0 — stalling speed with landing gear and flaps in the landing configuration
VYSE — single-engine best rate of climb speed at maximum weight at sea level
Airspeed
takeoff power
Maximum continuous power
reference datum
certificated weights
Flight Limits
Airworthiness Directive
ditching
normal procedures
Preflight inspection
balked landing
engine failure
Weight and Balance/Equipment List
Systems Description
preventive maintenance
Supplements
calibrated stall speed
certificated pilots
Safety Tips
Certificate of Aircraft Registration
AFS-750
airworthiness certificate
FSDO — Flight Standards District Office
Authority and Basis for Issuance
aircraft maintenance
Aircraft Inspections
Instructions for Continued Airworthiness
annual inspection
100-hour inspection
standard of airworthiness
certificated repair station
turbojet/turbopropeller-powered
Emergency locator transmitter
maintenance deferral
altimeter system inspection
transponder inspection
deployable automatic type transmitters
deferral provision
MMELs — master minimum equipment lists
Maintenance Entries
prefabricated fuel lines
Troubleshooting
DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
navigational software databases
shock struts
cotter keys
cowlings
rib stitching
fuel and oil strainers
anti-misfueling devices
Repairs and Alterations
Special Flight Permit
DAR — Designated Airworthiness Representative
ADs — airworthiness directives
recurrent action
AD Biweekly
Airworthiness Certification of Aircraft and Related Products
corrective action
maximum certificated takeoff weight

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Plain English Meaning

How fast the aircraft is moving through the air around it — not how fast it is moving over the ground. The wings only know about airspeed; that is what keeps the aircraft flying.

Full Definition

The speed of an aircraft relative to the air mass through which it is moving. Airspeed is distinct from groundspeed and is the speed that matters aerodynamically — it determines lift, drag, and how the aircraft handles. Several specific forms are recognized: Indicated Airspeed (IAS), the speed shown directly on the airspeed indicator; Calibrated Airspeed (CAS), IAS corrected for instrument and position errors; (EAS), CAS corrected for at higher speeds and ; and (), EAS corrected for , representing the actual speed of the aircraft through the surrounding air mass.

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