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Old 8th Dec 2012, 04:39
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Microburst2002
 
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the airplane maintains straight level flight, for a while... then slightly diverts in pitch and roll.

airbus normal law is not an ALT mode nor a HDG mode, nor a LOC and G/S mode, nor anything like that. It is stable in path, which means that it tends to maintain fligh path.
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