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GS (2)
- Usado para
- ground speed
- Definição1
- The horizontal component of the velocity of an aircraft relative to the ground. Ground speed is obtained by applying the effect of the prevalent wind velocity to the TAS (true air speed).
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Definição2
- The actual speed of an aircraft over the ground. It is true airspeed adjusted for wind. Groundspeed decreases with a headwind, and increases with a tailwind. A GPS measures ground speed.
- Fonte2
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Aircraft flying handbook. Washington, 2004. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/FAA-H-8083 -5.pdf. Acesso em: 09 maio 2012.
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual on the prevention of runway incursions. Montreal, 2007. (Doc. 9870)
- Fonte4
- EMBRAER. Technical dictionary english-portuguese. [São José dos Campos], 2001.
- Contexto
- The pilot should not rush. The higher the ground speed, the less time available to react, manoeuvre the aircraft and avoid obstacles.
- Subárea1
- Aerodynamics
- Português
- velocidade relativa ao solo