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Old Apr 9, 2009 | 9:53 pm
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Yaatri
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Originally Posted by bcl00
I've used my Garmin Forerunner 205 numerous times and it tells me the airspeed, altitude, etc. I've heard the pilot read our altitude and it was accurate with what my GPS was saying. It has a little bit of a hard time if I'm not near the window.
GPS measures ground speed. The receiver has to be calibrated to calculate the air speed.
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