From: Tim Bates (tbates@karri.bhs.mq.edu.au)
Date: Mon Feb 15 1999 - 20:45:48 MST
> the CIA proclaims that FLT800 fell from the apex of a
> dramatic climb (and thus from rest)
Even if it is no longer climbing, that does not mean at rest. It has
considerable forward momentum: that was, and is, what generates the lift
to get to that apex.
One needs to know what the flight recorder says about power during the
descent. If the pilots were not in control it will have made a
potentially full throttle decent. If they were in control they are going
to need to power the plane down to get leverage of their control
surfaces. Either way there is no way to answer this from Galileo alone.
best,
t
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