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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 9507153, member: 22&quot;]The pitot-static tube is mounted on the aircraft, or in a wind tunnel, so that the center tube is always pointed in the direction of the flow and the outside holes are perpendicular to the center tube. On some airplanes the pitot-static tube is put on a longer boom sticking out of the nose of the plane or the wing.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are heated because if they freeze up at altitude they can give false readings and cause the plane to crash.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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