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From: mmallory@netcom.com (Mark Mallory)
Subject: Re: pitch vs. power
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Mike Wei (znwei@yahoo.com) wrote:
: Yeah right,  power controls airspeed...  If I pull the power back, I can
: make the plane slow down by holding the altitude.  Or, I can even make
: it fly faster by pointing the nose way down.  See, by reducing power I
: can both increase and decrease airspeed.  What a wonderful control :-)))

In my airplane, if I *increase* power and do nothing else ('cept hold
the wings level), the airspeed will DECREASE; if I *decrease* power and do 
nothing else, the airspeed will INCREASE!  Power does *indeed* control 
airspeed!


