David O wrote:
Big John wrote:


Also in cruise you would climb several
hundred feet above your cruise altitude and in a shallow descent back
to that altitude pick up 10 mph + which the bird would hold if you
were careful and held a constant attitude. Was told (bar talk) that
was a characteristic of a laminar flow wing????


With all due respect, John, I rather think it is a characteristic of
people's ability to fool themselves. For my part, I'll believe that
Mustangs and/or Mooneys have a cruise "step" when an organization such
as NASA or CAFE documents the phenomena.

The following post by Dr. Philip Bridges of the Aerospace Engineering
Department at Mississippi State University echoes my sentiments on the
subject,

http://tinyurl.com/x48p


Correct David, there is no such thing as a step. I had not read Dr Bridges
before but fully agree with his statements.

Jerry