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Old 12th Feb 2007, 15:58
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Shaggy Sheep Driver
 
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The wild wing drops in the stall were fun and probably good value relative to an expensive fairground ride but in reality nobody is going to be anywhere near stalling (in normal operations) unless they have severely messed up, and that will happen only just before landing, and then one is too low to do anything about it anyway.

I have to disagree with that. The pilot who is fully familiar with his aeroplane in the approach to the stall and the break-away (preferably through becoming competant at flying aeros, but adequate spin training can be very valuable here as well) will, as opposed to a pilot who flies 'by the numbers', probably not stall because he is 'Angle of Attack' aware. But if he gets there, he'll most likely instinctively unload the wings and recover PDQ whereas your 'by the numbers I don't need stall/spin practice and what the heck's an AoA?' pilot will drill a smoking hole in the ground.

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