@Airborne_Again good point, to stay unloaded and ballistic, pitch would need to be at zero alpha! I was thinking around the lateral axis in roll.
Is turbulence only in vertical plane? Do swirls in the horizontal plane occur, directly affecting ASI reading and causing yaw? I think they do
@Maoraigh absolutely, and I think that is @dublinpilot’s main point. Typical moderate turbulence wind shear 15-20 knots can quickly take you from Va into the yellow caution speed range, even while holding a constant attitude and allowing altitude change to reduce airframe stress.
