flipster
published reports say that bombardier states that the Q400 is not susceptible to tailplane stalls. that is all I have. if the pilots were told that prior to the crash, their mindset might not predsipose them to tailplane stall recovery procedures.
I"VE seen many pilots, in turbulence, hall back on the yoke to reestablish the sense of positive G. Just wondering if the g loading went negative for a second.
AS to angle of attack indicators...I would like to have one. My favorite plane had a fast slow needle opposite the glide slope and ir really helped during an approach.
BUT, maintaining an AOA indicator might be tough in the real world and the FAA didn't want people to have to mess with the mx.
Wilbur and Orville tied a piece of yarn to the flyer and got AOA info.