SN3Guppy,
This apparent confusion may be my fault. By "the english speaking world" I had intended to convey the "British Commonwealth" and should have said so. This would have excluded American terminology and thus avoided misunderstanding - sorry.
An English Hammerhead DOES involve a "stall" (just accept the term for the moment) and DOES include a Tailslide. As I pointed out in my earlier post, the English Stall Turn is analogous to the American Hammerhead and the American Tailslide translates as the English Hammerhead but the terms are not interchangeable. That's why it is important to determine that a common language is being spoken.
The links you provided will be helpful to others; they contain much information which I excluded since I was not writing a primer on the subject. For myself, I think I may just be getting a handle on these aero things - I have been at it only since 1949.
GQ.
Last edited by Gipsy Queen; 11th November 2007 at 15:05.