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Old 10th Sep 2005, 18:50
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OK, Mad, but I believe Milt was referring to an aircraft's STATIC stability - its tendancy to re-establish its trim speed when disturbed.

Your point is well taken in regard to damping out the resulting Phugoid oscillation - i.e. DYNAMIC stability.
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