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Old 27th May 2011, 12:46
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mcr123
 
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can someone explain

Can some professional pilot on this board please explain why any pilot would rationally want to have a nose-up attitude in a stall situation? The report said the pilots were nose-up and with a angle of attack of 35 degrees on descent (double what would cause a stall in my admittedly amateurish C152). I am 29hrs into my PPL, and have always believed/taught/executed that the first thing you do to break a stall is a nose-down (and level wing) attitude. I am a complete novice and really do not understand why/how this happened. It is a real tragedy but as a green trainee I want to learn from this.

can anyone help explain what i'm missing here?
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