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airspeed
The speed of an aircraft relative to its surrounding air mass. The unqualified term "airspeed" can mean any one of the following. a. calibrated airspeed - Indicated airspeed corrected for instrument installation error. b. equivalent airspeed - Calibrated airspeed corrected for compressibility error. c. indicated airspeed - The airspeed shown by an airspeed indicator. d. true airspeed - Equivalent airspeed corrected for error due to air density (altitude and temperature).
(See similar terms: 5)
Source: US DoD Joint Publication 1-02, DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (as amended through 9 June 2004).
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