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What is an airspeed?

What is an airspeed? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (aviation) The speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it is flying.
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You may be surprised to find that the airplane will hold roughly the same airspeed in a power-off glide at the same attitude.
In reality, we control airspeed and altitude with the coordinated use of both pitch and power.
If he took this logic to the extreme, the next course of action might mean a radical dive to pick up airspeed so we could pop up over the trees.
As he climbed back into his seat, the copilot's airspeed indicator began to rapidly decrease.
Begin with airspeed, and use the pointed handle of the true airspeed indicator as a speed bug for Vr, Vy or approach speed.
A no-flap approach was flown with a 220,000 lb gross weight, flying at 198 knots indicated airspeed.

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