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Old 11th Jul 2011, 21:57
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henra
 
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Originally Posted by bearfoil

Dazzle me with a theory of a Near STALL widebody at handoff.
bearfoil,

please bear in mind that the gap betwen Alpha = 2,5° (Cruise AoA) and Alpha = 4° (Stall Warning) is not really much if you are forcing the aircraft from level flight to a RoC of 7000fpm within seconds.

A Pull- Up sufficient to achieve this RoC in a short time would be easily sufficient to briefly exceed the STALL WARNING threshold (which is btw not the real stall AoA), especially when some turbulence contributes to it.
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