Jim wrote:

No. VNE is an indicated airspeed limit (IAS). If there is a airspeed
calibration error, VNE has been reduced to correct it. The margin is
there for instrumental errors, and *pilot* errors.


Well, this one is just a little scary. For more than one glider of my
acquaintance Vne is given as a TAS in the manual. This can be
converted to IAS of course, but the IAS would, of course, decrease
with altitude.

I did not want to raise the question of VNE at altitude (a more
difficult subject ;-) and the relation between IAS and TAS.

I replied to someone who mentioned the errors of static ports : The
calibrated airspeed (CAS) may be higher than the indicated airspeed
(IAS) depending og static ports location ; in that case, it is measured
during the tests and all limits are corrected to be given in *indicated*
airspeed.

--
Denis

R. Parce que ça rompt le cours normal de la conversation !!!
Q. Pourquoi ne faut-il pas répondre au-dessus de la question ?