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MINIMUM AIRSPEED [3 records]

Record 1 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

... the aircraft was controllable to a minimum speed of approx. 135 knots, indicated airspeed(KIAS) just 12 KIAS below the gear speed and 25 KIAS higher than the recommended final approach speed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
CONT

La vitesse maximale avec train d'atterrissage en manœuvre, VLO, si elle est inférieure à la vitesse à ne jamais dépasser VNE, doit être établie pour les trains d'atterrissage escamotables. Elle ne doit cependant pas être inférieure à VT ou VW, celle de ces deux vitesses qui est la plus grande.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

... the aircraft was controllable to a minimum speed of approx. 135 knots indicated airspeed(KIAS), just 12 KIAS below the gear speed and 25 KIAS higher than the recommended final approach speed.

Key term(s)
  • indicated air speed in knots
  • knots indicated air speed

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
OBS

vitesse indiquée en nœuds; vitesse anémométrique en nœuds : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
CONT

The pilot can deflect the control sidestick to its furthest extent in any direction without entering a dynamic attitude change from which it would be hard to recover and without exceeding minimum or maximum airspeed limits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne

Spanish

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