[Info-vax] OT: Aircraft pitot tubes and clustering.

[Bob Koehler]

In article <MPG.2599c8b0fd453ae198968f at news.giganews.com>, John Santos <john at egh.com> writes:
> 
> Sure, for a human looking at the gauge, if it's pinned, he'll ignore it.

   When my pitot was iced up, it was not pinned.  Read lower than it
   should have which could have lead to dangerously high airpspeed
   on approach and landing.  But I could tell by all else that it was
   low.

   Of course, I'm not electronic.