| The enemy pilot had throttled back, reducing airspeed and flattening the spiral dive. |
| You may be surprised to find that the airplane will hold roughly the same airspeed in a power-off glide at the same attitude. |
| Every additional knot of airspeed when crossing the threshold will cause the aircraft to float an additional 1,000 feet down the runway. |
| 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. |
| Also, due to the static port's position, many airspeed indicators are inaccurate during a slip. |
| Begin with airspeed, and use the pointed handle of the true airspeed indicator as a speed bug for Vr, Vy or approach speed. |
