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Old 10th May 2003, 05:01
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Tinstaafl
 
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Initial response will be a pitch nose down.

The a/c 'sees' an instantaneous loss of of IAS leading to it's inherant stability pitching down to regain trimmed speed. The loss of speed also gives a loss of lift leading to an initial undershoot.

Later, once equilibrium is regained then the loss of a headwind means that less power/thrust will be needed to maintain the approach profile.
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