which book to read then?
 

Hi,

not that I am preparing for any particular interview, but I figured it sure would be nice to have some sort of 'bible' for us pilots where I can look after certain things I haven't bothered to think about for ages...

Who knows which publication would be suitable?

(a little bit afraid that my next supervisor will ask me to determine the convergence of meridians at a given location next time...):ugh:

During a climb the aircraft weight is divided into two components.
One is the weight of the aircraft perpendicular to the flight path and the other one is the component along the flight path.

Lift= weight perpendicular to the flight path,

Thrust= drag + weight along the flight path.

Therefore lift is less than weight in a climb.

Life is greater than weight during a turn/bank or when the C.G is forward of its limit in which case lift will have to equal aircraft weight and the elevator download.