Airspeed/Altitude Refresher
Airspeed and altitude come in many varieties, but generally all these measurements begin with raw static and pitot pressures, and indicated outside air temperature. When an airplane sits in the hangar at sea level on a standard day, sensed altitude, temperature and airspeed are corrected values --...
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