indicated stalling air speed
1Air France Flight 447 — F GZCP, the aircraft involved in the accident Accident summary Date 1 June 2009 …
2Colgan Air Flight 3407 — A Dash 8 Q400 similar to the aircraft involved. Accident summary Date …
32010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash — Polish Air Force Tu 154 crash Part of the fuselage near Smolensk Accident summary Date 10 April …
4V speeds — A single engine Cessna 150L s airspeed indicator indicating its V speeds. In aviation, V speeds are standard terms used to define airspeeds important or useful to the operation of all aircraft including fixed wing aircraft, gliders, autogiros,… …
5True airspeed — (TAS) is the speed of an aircraft relative to the airmass in which it flies, i.e. the magnitude of the vector difference of the velocity of the aircraft and the velocity of the air. Under zero wind conditions and in horizontal flight, this is… …
6D. B. Cooper — A 1972 F.B.I. composite drawing of D. B. Cooper Other names Dan Cooper Occupation Unknown Known for …
7maneuver envelope — A graphic representation of the operating limits of an aircraft. The axes of the envelope are the load factor and the indicated air speed from which the basic stalling speed, available load factor at any speed, maximum indicated air speed,… …
8buffet boundary — The speed boundaries within which airflow separates from the wing and the buffet is experienced. The low speed buffet is caused by flow separation as the aircraft approaches the stalling angle of attack. At higher Mach numbers, the high speed… …
9V2 — The takeoff safety speed. It is the lowest indicated air speed at which the directional control and the height can be maintained with one engine inoperative. This is the minimum control speed with an added safety margin to allow for the following …
10falling leaf — An aerobatic maneuver that was very popular in the early days of aviation but is rarely practiced these days. Throughout the maneuver, the aircraft indicated air speed remains just above the stall. It involves the initiation of an incipient spin… …
