@CONF - I notice you're avoiding the question over whether the slight increase in pitch would account for the marginally lower RA value given that the increase in pitch angle would cause the rear-mounted RA antennae to be physically closer to the ground.
The IAS drops from 120 at the point Bechet set TOGA to 113kts 5 seconds later. How is that "not falling", let alone "bizarrely"?
And regarding "unsubstantiated catastrophic scenario[s]", it's no such thing - it's basic physics. A flat-ish sheet of metal subjected to an opposing physical force will bear a greater degree of that force as the angle becomes more acute.
@roulis - I'm mystified as to what you actually mean there.
Last edited by DozyWannabe; 6th Apr 2014 at 17:36.