we commonly understand the shorthand "Va" to mean "maneuvering speed
at a given aircraft weight" where the weight is changeable.
Then what is commonly understood is not correct, because that's not
how Va is *necessarily* determined.
Not in this context it's not.
PARTICULARLY in this context. The control surfaces were designed with
withstand full movements at PUBLISHED Va, not his new, derived, HIGHER
Va.
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