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As for the statement that a power on stall is unrealistic.... Oh really. I'm sure Bookworm could dig up a few reports of people who've killed themselves that way.
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Actually my contribution was going to be to relate the following: the only time I recall triggering a stall warning horn in a situation when I really didn't intend to was in an unexpected go around in the Mooney with full-power on and full flap deployed.
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report of a strikingly similar incident, which fortunately involved only the loss of the Mooney rather than the occupant's lives.
I don't think this settles the case debated in this thread either way, but it does demonstrate the need for proficiency at least in managing the incipient stall with power on, particularly in more powerful light aircraft than your average trainer.