Sentence examples for speed indicator from inspiring English sources

The pilot must then use both skill and luck to find them using a sensitive vertical speed indicator called a variometer that quickly indicates climbs and descents.

"We would love to have a speed indicator on every street," she said.

The speed indicator showed the ship was making 3.3 knots, a fast walking pace.

A faulty air speed indicator could mislead pilots into flying faster or slower than the plane could handle.

But for the speed indicator to get to that reading in such low-density air, the actual speed will have to be about 335 m.p.h.

A faulty air speed indicator could mislead pilots into flying faster than the aircraft could withstand, or faster than it should be flown into turbulence — two circumstances that could lead to the craft coming apart in flight.

"The Pitot tubes are something strongly suspected" in the malfunctioning speed indicators, Mr. Bouillard said.

Airbus, the manufacturer, had recommended replacement of a component of the air speed indicators, called the Pitot tube, and Air France had replaced the tubes on some of its airplanes but not on the one that crashed.

You'll love it.' This time it was the unfurling of the sails as the wind speed indicators on the bridge passed the minimum 10 knots needed and the captain gave the order.

The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to replace speed indicators in some Airbus planes amid concerns that the devices might have played a role in the crash of an Air France jetliner in the Atlantic Ocean in June.

While the faulty speed indicators did not cause the accident, their failure may have been an element in the fatal chain of events, according to France's aviation accident investigation office.