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Comment by ozzyman700

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/move.html

ground speed is the speed of the plane, relative to an observer on the ground, air speed is how fast the people on the plane are going relative to themselves.

Airspeed = Ground Speed - Wind Speed (wind blowing towards front of plan is positive, tailwind is negative)

parent ozzyman700 7 years ago

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