Aeronautical Terms beginning with K
KIAS
Knots Indicated Airspeed.
Kinetic Energy
Amount of energy due to the airspeed, expressed as ½mV² where m = airplane’s mass and V = airspeed.
Kollsman window
A barometric scale window of a sensitive altimeter used to adjust the altitude for the altimeter setting.
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