The needle on the airspeed indicator came off the peg.
He watched the airspeed indicator run up to one hundred knots very quickly.
Above the steering wheel is a zero to 300-mph airspeed indicator.
A new airspeed indicator had been installed, one which read all the way to three hundred knots.
The boy was glancing every couple of seconds at the airspeed indicator, watching it wind down.
He eyed the airspeed indicator with something like awe-320, now 330!
His airspeed indicators told him that they were now down to less than one thousand kilometers per hour.
When the needle on the airspeed indicator goes past the red mark, the wings come off.
The 757 has three airspeed indicators, each with a separate display.
Without any sort of airspeed indicator, predicting that moment was next to impossible.