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Old 2nd Aug 2011, 21:32
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Originally Posted by mm43
The SW sounded because the allowable AoA had been exceeded - see:-

It was in response to the initial pitch-up, and nothing to do with IAS.
Cool beans, thanks for the correction. I'm pretty sure that it doesn't invalidate the rest of what I was saying though - the stall warning worked when it was possible to make a difference and only stopped working long after anything could be done.
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