pitot

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You simply don't seem capable of understanding ANY of the key issues, and you simply deliver various specious comments which are either utterly invalid (considering skis on the plane or that varying diameters of wheels make speedometers impossible) or facts which are known to everybody and utterly irrelevant, such as your pitot tube comment.

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  1. measuring instrument consisting of a right-angled tube with an open end that is directed in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure the velocity of fluid flow
  2. French physicist for whom the Pitot tube was named (1695-1771)

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  • Cee Bailey's manufactures protective devices for aircraft - Inlet Plugs, Prop Slings with exhaust covers, jet engine covers, pitot covers, aircraft safety flags and offers Rosen Sun Visors. —  billingsgazette.com
  • The original air inlet computer was an analog design which, based on pitot-static, pitch, roll, yaw, angle-of-attack inputs, would determine how much movement was required. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • You simply don't seem capable of understanding ANY of the key issues, and you simply deliver various specious comments which are either utterly invalid (considering skis on the plane or that varying diameters of wheels make speedometers impossible) or facts which are known to everybody and utterly irrelevant, such as your pitot tube comment. —  Time Warp Latest Posts
  • I wouldn't be surprised to learn he flew with his pitot tubes covered. calling this straight forward is like calling teenagers invincible. it may feel like it but that doesn't make it true. it's a little, I don't know, romantic. —  MetaFilter
  • This can be compared with airspeed as indicated by the pitot tube. —  Top stories from Times Online
 

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