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(a) Ground Speed can be determined by GPS, (b) the relationship between the aircraft's attitude and the angle of attack should theoretically be unvarying and (c) the attitude indicator is a gyroscopic instrument, is it possible to assume with any correctness that during cruise, an aircraft can only be at *a* particular ground speed at *a* particular altitude at *a* particular attitude? If the answer is Yes, is it possible to develop some formula where the pilot can at least arrive at a rough airspeed figure using the GPS should his pitot tubes get blocked or iced for whatever reason? I acknowledge that this will only be a rough estimate since headwind and tailwind can't be measured. I'm thinking about the recent Air France crash and wondering if at all it could've been prevented using such a calculation to roughly estimate the actual airspeed instead of having to rely on entirely inaccurate IAS... Thanks in advance for your views, Ramapriya |
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