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Old 10th May 2003, 20:06
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Elaborating a litle on Tinstaafl's reply...

The aircraft is trimmed for a particular AOA. The pitch stability maintains that AOA. When the IAS drops, the aircraft is short of lift and starts to accelerate downwards. If the flight path were to become a descent and the pitch attitude remained the same, the AOA would increase, so to maintain that AOA the trimmed aircraft pitches downwards too.
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