Because Lift opposes weight. And when lift is less than weight, it needs to increase. This is done by increasing Angle of Attack, or speed (or a few other factors). So to get MORE lift to counter the INCREASED weight, we need to fly Faster and provide MORE V squareds....
Last edited by Runaway Gun; 11th Jul 2009 at 15:40.
Reason: I mis-spelt LIFT !!