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True Airspeed
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| Category: | Theory of Flight | 
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TAS
Definition
Calibrated airspeed corrected for altitude and non-standard temperature.
Description
For a given calibrated airspeed, the TAS increases as altitude increases. A very simple rule of thumb is to add 2% to the calibrated airspeed for every 1000 ft of altitude.