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Old October 16th 06, 10:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.misc
Don Tuite
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Default Lidle, Langewiesche, and turns

On 16 Oct 2006 13:28:37 -0700, "Snidely"
wrote:


Blanche Cohen wrote:
Aircraft Turn Calculator

www.csgnetwork.com/aircraftturninfocalc.html


Interesting -- but doesn't speak to asltitude issues (loss of, or
adjustments to avoid loss of).

Losing altitude at a constant rate (rather than accelerating downward)
would be the same as maintaining a constant altitude, wouldn't it?
(Vectors on a free-body diagram and all that)

Don