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Old 3rd October 2008 | 00:57
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Originally Posted by SNS3Guppy
Is exceeding Vmo part of a windshear recovery, as previously suggested? Of course not. It's a ridiculous idea
You might have rush your reading as I didn’t mention VMO but rather "speed red upper band" which identifies not only VMO but also the maximum speed for each flap configuration, at least on a moving speed scale.
To exceed VFE during windshear recovery can be very easy, actually I’ve done that myself during sim exercise, am I below average (?) … that’s not impossible.

But let me go back to my earlier question regarding VMO exceeding at low altitude.
I know that Airbuses have that reputation to be somehow less robust than Boeing products but I’m still amazed that Airbus thinks a few knots exceeding over VMO is serious enough to take over the control from a distracted (?) pilot.

A few years back some Boeings, at pretty level flight or at least far from a dive, hit very precisely some targets. Obviously these birds didn’t experience any kind of control issue.
The Story says these birds were an astonishing 100 knots above VMO !?
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