On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 6:19 PM, c h wrote: > > I am aware of the "pitch-up" condition > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch-up), but an aerodynamic behavior > > limited to "Equator-specific ocean weather" is news to me. A reference > > to the basis of this phenomenon please? > > > > Sorry, no references. But besides Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, - Air > France Flight 447 As I keep trying to point out (maybe I should give up), AF447 pitched up because the pilot flying commanded it to by pulling back on the stick - as recorded by the FDR. There is no evidence whatsoever that pitch up has anything at all to do with what happened to MH370 - not to mention that MH370 took off from North of the equator and headed North - went nowhere near the equator. I'm not sure what you think the point is in continuing with this speculation about something which clearly has nothing to do with either of those flights (and the only connection between the two is that they vanished from the screen and took a while to find). Chris --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .