Pitot Is Fine In Theory and Fact
No doubt the pilots onboard Air France Flight 447 suffered “a profound loss of understanding,” as Pierre Sparaco says in a recent column. But I disagree with the assertion that Pitot's invention is out-of-date. Every aircraft is outfitted with pitot tubes to measure airspeed, and these devices work...
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