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Old 15th May 2009, 18:21
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lightningmate
 
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Canberras demonstrate the classic 'shock stall'. Flying straight and level, once the Mach No gets near M 0.84'ish things start to rumble, take it further and suddenly lift quits. Recovery is to throttle back, air brakes out and wait 'till the beast decelerates.

A lot of height can be lost!

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