Indicated speed is used as the standard reference rather than true airspeed, because this is what the airplane "feels." Stalls, takeoff and landing speeds, and various performance limitations are ...

Indicated airspeed — to deploy my favourite analogy — is exactly what you sense when you hold your arm out of a moving car.

airspeed indicator 1 Articles Adding Drone Instrumentation With No Additional Parts December 23, 2016 by Brian Benchoff 12 Comments ...

First is indicated airspeed. This is best imagined as the speed at which you’d guess you were traveling if you stuck your hand out the window and felt the air against it.

The pilot’s actions when the airspeed began to fall off showed he misinterpreted what was happening. He added power in an effort to offset apparent structural icing, but more power was not needed.

Adding fast-gusting tailwinds to already high-density altitude ground speeds increases greatly the chance of misinterpreting distance when avoiding mountainous terrain. This misperception of closing ...

The data recorder from the Lion Air jetliner that crashed into the Java Sea, killing all 189 people aboard, shows that the plane’s airspeed indicator malfunctioned on its last four flights ...