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== Calibrated Airspeed == | == Calibrated Airspeed == | ||
'''Calibrated''' airspeed corresponds to IAS corrected for the measurement error. For various reasons, airplanes do not carry 'perfect' sensors as they would be used in a scientific experiment, so usually there is some discrepancy between the actual reading of the gauge and the reading a perfect instrument would show. CAS takes into account this correction. | '''Calibrated''' airspeed (CAS) corresponds to IAS corrected for the measurement error. For various reasons, airplanes do not carry 'perfect' sensors as they would be used in a scientific experiment, so usually there is some discrepancy between the actual reading of the gauge and the reading a perfect instrument would show. CAS takes into account this correction. | ||
== Equivalent Airspeed == | == Equivalent Airspeed == | ||