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Old 28th May 2011, 17:00
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Count Niemantznarr
 
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If my memory serves me correctly, even the dear old VC10 had AoA sensors.

Also there was a Northwest Orient 727 crew who crashed because they forgot to switch on the pitot - static heat before take off.

On the climb out their indicated airspeed was increasing and in response they simply increased pitch to correct the "overspeed", until the jet went into an unrecoverable super stall.

Most swept wing aircraft in a deep stall will pitch up and increase the AoA. Perhaps a stick pusher is required? No VC10 was ever lost to a super stall.

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