Cessna 152 - Page 12

SECTION
1
GENERAL
KIAS
KTAS
VNE
CESSNA
MODEL
152
Knots
Indicated
Airspeed
is
the
speed
shown
on
the
airspeed
indicator
and
expressed
in
knots.
Knots
True
Airspeed
is
the
airspeed
expressed
in
knots
relative
to
undisturbed
air
which
is
KCAS
corrected
for
altitude
and
temperature.
Manuevering
Speed
is
the
maximum
speed
at
which
you
may
use
abrupt
control
travel.
Maximum
Fla~
Extended
Speed
is
the
highest
speed
permissible
with
wing
flaps
in
a
prescribed
extended
position.
Maximum
Structural
Cruising
Speed
is
the
speed
that
should
not
be
exceeded
except
in
smooth
air.
then
only
with
caution.
Never
Exceed
Speed
is
the
speed
limit
that
may
not
be
exceeded
at
any
time.
Stalling
Speed
or
the
minimum
steady
fiight
speed
at
which
the
airplane
is
controllable.
Stalling
Speed
or
the
minimum
steady
fiight
speed
at
which
the
airplane
is
controllable
in
the
landing
configu-
ration
at
the
most
forward
center
of
gravity.
Best
Angle-of-Climb
Speed
is
the
speed
which
results
in
the
greatest
gain
of
altitude
in
a
given
horizontal
distance.
Best
Rate-of-Climb
Speed
is
the
speed
which
results
in
the
greatest
gain
in
altitude
in
a
given
time.
METEOROLOGICAL
TERMINOLOGY
OAT
Standard
Tempera-
ture
Pressure
Altitude
1-6
Outside
Air
Temperature
is
the
free
air
static
temperature.
It
is
expressed
in
either
degrees
Celsius
or
degrees
Fah-
renheit.
Standard
Temperature
is
15°0
at
sea
level
pressure
alti-
tude
and
decreases
by
2°0
for
each
1000
feet
of
altitude.
Pressure
Altitude
is
the
altitude
read
from
an
altimeter
when
the
altimeter's
barometric
scale
has
been
set
to
29.92
inches
of
mercury
(1013
mb).
1
July
1978