Measurement of aircraft speed and altitude

Gracey, William

Measurement of aircraft speed and altitude William Gracey - [1st?] ed. - New York John Wiley - xiv, 262 p. il. byn, gráficos, tablas

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Introduction Instrument systems and errors Standard atmosphere and equations for airspeed, mach number, and true airspeed Totalpressure measurement Staticpressure measurement Staticpressure tubes Staticpressure installations Aerodynamic compensation of position error Flight calibration methods Error due to pressuresystem lag and leaks Aircraft instrument errors Operational aspects of altimetry Other altitudemeasuring methods Tables of airspeed, altitude, and Mach Number [Appendix A] Sample calculations [Appendix B]

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