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  1. From: mtc@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Mark Cousins)
  2. Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:23:11 GMT
  3. Subject: Re: Exceed Vne or max G's first? (was Re: looping a non-acro aircraft)
  4. Message-ID: <87330003@hpcc01.corp.hp.com>
  5. Organization: HP General Systems Division
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  7. Newsgroups: rec.aviation.misc
  8. References: <1992Nov5.121947.1266@eplrx7.es.duPont.com>
  9. Lines: 21
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  11. In rec.aviation.misc, jfarrell@cloudbase (Jerry Farrell) writes:
  12.  
  13. >Apparently so.  I quote from the Flight Manual (POH) for the Schleicher
  14. >ASK-21:
  15.     
  16. (nonpertinent material deleted)
  17.  
  18. >    True airspeed (TAS) is, however relevant for safety against flutter.
  19. >    Therefore, one must take into account that with increasing altitude
  20. >    the true airspeed is higher than the reading of the airspeed indicator
  21. >    because of the increasing air density.
  22.                     ^^^^^^^^^^
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  24. Shouldn't this read "decreasing"?
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  26. Mark
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