Groundspeed zero but airspeed is still alive during slow flight?
Asked by: Steve 3563 views Aerodynamics, Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor, General Aviation, Private Pilot, Student Pilot, Weather
I remember my private pilot training days, doing slow flight in a dirty configurations, and when I practiced slow fligt into a heavy headwind, it made me realoze the plane was actually flying motionless in the air with groundspeed of zero kts but airspeed still showing airspeed. My instructor once told me we are hovering, but I still do not understand how ASI was registering some airspeed and its science behind it.
My thought is that due to the headwind, isnt more air entering pitot tube and should register higher airspeed?
Steve.