primary instruments

primary instruments
Those that give basic information about the flight trajectory and speed of an airplane. These are the ASI (air-speed indictor), VSI (vertical speed indicator), altimeter, TSI (turn and slip indicator), artificial horizon, and compass. In some definitions, the compass is not included.

Aviation dictionary. 2014.

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