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keas1
noun
- pluralplural of kea
KEAS2
noun
- abbreviationinitialismaeronauticsInitialism of knots equivalent airspeed.
It is critical to not allow EAS to get slower than 185 kts. If theta is greater than about 10°, and EAS is decreasing through about 200, then the CDR should take Pitch CSS and push to the horizon, θ = 0°. This will hold 185 to 195 KEAS, which is the bailout recommended airspeed.
2007 February 14, NASA, “4.10.6 Subsonic Stall”, in Contingency Aborts 21007/31007, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2021, page 59
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