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What is a Machmeter?

What is a Machmeter? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An instrument that measures the speed of an aircraft relative to that of sound and displays it in Mach numbers
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But who can boast of a Concorde pilot's seat, its nose or tail cone, or its machmeter.
Alternatively, the machmeter may be combined with the Air Speed Indicator, in which case it is often referred to as a Combined Speed Indicator.
Treasures include a nose cone, seats and a machmeter, which measured the aircraft's supersonic speed.
No increase in speed was observed but he sensed that the drag level had increased, so he steepened the angle of dive until 0.96 appeared on the Machmeter.
On most aircraft you use your CAS to determine TAS up to a certain altitude, then use the Machmeter beyond that altitude.

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