To level off at climbing airspeed, lower the nose to the  appropriate pitch attitude for level flight with a simultaneous  reduction in power to a setting that maintains the desired  speed. With a coordinated reduction in pitch and power, there  should be no change in the airspeed. Descending flight can be accomplished at various airspeeds  and pitch attitudes by reducing power, lowering the nose  to a pitch attitude lower than the level flight attitude, or  adding drag. Once any of these changes have been made, the  airspeed eventually stabilizes During this transitional phase,  the only instrument that displays an accurate indication of  pitch is the attitude indicator. Without the use of the attitude  indicator (such as in partial panel flight), the ASI tape, the  VSI tape, and the altimeter tape shows changing values until  the aircraft stabilizes at a constant airspeed and constant rate  of descent. The altimeter tape continues to show a descent.  Hold pitch constant and allow the aircraft to stabilize. During  any change in attitude or airspeed, continuous application of  trim is required to eliminate any control pressures that need  to be applied to the control yoke. An increase in the scan rate  during the transition is important since changes are being  made to the aircraft flightpath and speed.  [Figure 7-66] Descents can be accomplished with a constant rate, constant  airspeed, or a combination. The following method can  accomplish any of these with or without an attitude indicator.  Reduce the power to allow the aircraft to decelerate to the  desired airspeed while maintaining straight-and-level flight.  As the aircraft approaches the desired airspeed, reduce the  Entry Descents XPDR 5537 IDNT LCL10:12:34  INSET  PFD  CDI  XPDR  IDENT  TMR/REF  NRST  ALERTS  5 338  $_{1}$1652  200  46  13.7  2300  23.0  VOR 1 270 °  2  1  1  2   -200  5300  5200  5100  4900  4900  4800  4700  3600  3500  3400  3300  3200  3100  20 80 5000 5000  150  140 130 110 100 90  1 120 9 TAS 116KT  OAT 6°C  NAV1 108.00 113.00 NAV2 108.00 110.60 134.000 118.000 COM1 123.800 118.000 COM2 $_{WPT }$_ _ _ _ _ _$_{ DIS }$_ _ ._ $_{NM}$ $_{DTK }$_ _ _$_{°}$ TRK 360° Current procedure  Before procedure  1800  18.0  Figure 5-22. Level-off airspeed higher than descent airspeed.  Figure 7-66.  The top image illustrates a reduction of power and descending at 500 fpm to an altitude of 5,000 feet. The bottom image  illustrates an increase in power and the initiation of leveling off. 7-49