Originally Posted by
UAL T38 Phlyer
Ryan:
Many decades ago, I read about this in aviation magazines before I took my first lesson, and wondered how there could be such a heated debate.
Most debaters seemed to approach this question as one or the other.
With a lot of time instructing in props and afterburning jets, I say it is always a combination of both. It depends on the moment in time that you need to make a correction...but if you correct one, you will have to adjust the other.
This concept always surpises my more-experienced USAF students who have several hundred or even several thousand hours in light aircraft. They think "Need to go faster....more throttle," but sometimes it is more throttle AND lower the nose, or vice-versa.
That seems to be a logical approach. Maybe I'm wrong but wouldn't the best way to descibe it is to put it in terms like the late John Boyd, in energy. Energy from gravity or energy from thrust. Like I said before there is a lot to learn..... just trying to figure it all out.