Questions Regarding Maneuvers
Greetings,
I am a screenwriter - feature-length film (non-doc) - and as such I am conducting research in an attempt to accurately flesh out an action sequence. Two questions have I regarding (I believe) flight maneuvers. Please forgive my complete ignorance of all things aviation...
Q1) If one has a published ground track and speed of a given a/c along said track but lacks the altitude can a discrepancy between the speed and distance travelled be interpreted as a change in last known altitude?
Q2) A commercial heavy enters a 60deg turn at 430 knots, exits the turn one minute later at 350 knots and within two minutes has accelerated to 500 knots can any reasonable assumption be made regarding altitude fluctuations of the a/c in question?
Hopefully, my questions are clearer than mud as I am not quite sure how to reconstruct the imagry swirling about within this flight-ignorant brain pan.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated,
Stephen