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Old 22nd March 2010 | 13:52
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ChristiaanJ
 
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Originally Posted by PJ2
The question and argument here I think is, what does AoA offer that CAS does not. There is the obvious case where 'g'-loading is involved...
Originally Posted by Chris Scott
But the only time we saw an AoA gauge in the cockpit was when the engineers fitted it temporarily for a flight test, after which it was removed.
Purely as an aside... Concorde did have an AoA gauge, combined with a G gauge (vertical-scale instrument, on the left of the main flight instruments).
I'll have to ask a pilot again, in what circumstances and to what extent it was used and useful.. I honestly no longer remember.

CJ
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