No increase in speed was observed but he sensed that the drag level had increased, so he steepened the angle of dive until 0.96 appeared on the Machmeter. |
On most aircraft you use your CAS to determine TAS up to a certain altitude, then use the Machmeter beyond that altitude. |
Alternatively, the machmeter may be combined with the Air Speed Indicator, in which case it is often referred to as a Combined Speed Indicator. |
But who can boast of a Concorde pilot's seat, its nose or tail cone, or its machmeter. |
Treasures include a nose cone, seats and a machmeter, which measured the aircraft's supersonic speed. |