‘The additional thrust will give a feeling of increased nose-up attitude’


put and people walk up and down the aisle as if the aircraft were in level flight. Likewise an aircraft that becomes nose up or nose down will, if there is no change in the power setting, continue to feel level on account of the deceleration or acceleration generated by this change of attitude. In contrast, if a pilot chooses to increase airspeed in level flight, the additional thrust will give him/her a sensation of an increased nose-up attitude. In the absence of a clear visual reference, the response may be to push forward on the control column. However, the pilot will not feel as though this action has had the effect of


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