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Old May 20th 08, 02:34 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
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Default I give up, after many, many years!

Mxsmanic wrote in
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gatt writes:

The power-is-altitude thing is an example. If you point a Cessna 172
or a 747 straight at the ground and apply full power, there are a
couple of very obvious reasons why this will not result in a climb,
and these can even be demonstrated in a flight simulator.


Examine the trajectory and you will see that it's not a straight line.


Wrong again.


Bertie