Given the choice between an ASI and AoA indicator, I should certainly choose the latter. The only function of the former is to give readings which approximate (often inaccurately) to the Angle of Attack
Maybe if you navigate using GPS, but if all you're working with is chart, DI and stopwatch then information about your airspeed is a lot more useful than information about your AoA. Now, lets see, I've been on a heading of 270 at 8 degrees AoA for 10 minutes, where am I....
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I think we've all taken rude pills - under another guise, and in a different forum, it has been interesting to see how a post can become the prompt for massive unexpected controversy. I guess the relative anonymity of forums along with the 'free speech' ethic leads to beheviour which we would find difficult to justify face to face.
I think this is rather informed and polite for a topic where people hold such different views. Maybe the internet has just made me thick-skinned...