"Anonymous" wrote in message
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Well if you want to KEEP flying your plane instead of flying a field, then
keeping the nose down is generally not a good idea... ;o)

That all depends. But if the airplane is about the stall, the only way to
avoid "flying a field" is to push on the stick. Keeping the nose down is
*exactly* the good idea.

Whereas with a helicopter, if you push the nose down and keep it just
slightly
tipped downwards, while making careful increases to the collective, you
should
be able to increase speed AND keep your altitude roughly the same.

Note your use of "while making careful increases to the collective".
Likewise, in an airplane, all that's necessary to maintain altitude is to
make "careful increases to power".

Pete