People unfamiliar with the FAA and its interest in "Power On Stalls", may be interested to read this document:
http://av-info.faa.gov/data/practica...s-8081-14a.pdf
Partly for clarity, and partly to avoid disputes when and if people are failed for their various FAA licences, these booklets are published, one per licence or rating. The describe in detail the manoeuvres that an examiner can ask an applicant to perform, along with acceptable performance criteria.
The Power On Stall is covered on page 55 of the PDF file (document page 1-28). In lower performance aircraft, these will normally be performed at climbout power setting (25" and 2500), the applicant having previously slowed the aircraft down with a marked power reduction, before simultaneously applying the requird power and pitching up to the stall. In aircraft such as the 152, it is not unusual for the exercise to be accomplished at full throttle.
You'll note, with reference to BEagles comments, both the power settings that the FAA requires, and the desired recovery technique (point 6). As "smith" reports his performance, he would have failed an FAA PPL checkride.
In reply to the Kentish Fledgling, the Ground Reference Manoeuvres can also be found in the PDF, page 49.
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