"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
news:nCT9d.150772$wV.28126@attbi_s54...
for a given airspeed, lift=F is constant;

Sorry, I should have said: for a given airspeed, and at the maximum
coefficient of lift, lift=F is constant. (The limits Va and Vno are
calculated to be the airspeeds that offer protection even at the angle of
attack that achieves the maximum coefficient of lift.)

--Gary