OK, OK....
Why are you waiting? It certainly was not a garden variety STALL. Point of fact, it wasn't technically, a STALL, at ALL.
With powerful engines, clean design, and sufficient DRAG, this a/c was essentially performing a "maneuver".
Bouilliard refused to answer the jouno's questions. For once
to the nice lady asking the question, the 64 dollar question. "Why was there no "Recognition of STALL, Monsieur?"."
"Well, that is a proposition for the
working group, Madame."
What a PILOT
believes, is reality. By extension, it becomes the reality of all aboard.
"As long as I keep the Nose UP, she won't STALL."
In these (447) conditions, he is right, 100%. Not once did the airframe experience the only true symptom of actual STALL that he could have related to. NOSE Plummet. lose your lunch, point at the deck NOSE drop.
At any time down to 4000 feet, I believe she could have recovered, and easily. Why couldn't (didn't) she? The THS prevented it. Also the a/c "Protections". And the belief that the pilots held, at the end, "Tire Tire, TIRE!"
Her forward speed, perhaps all of it, plus a good deal of ballistic energy keeping her aloft (by 'reducing' her RoD) came from the engines. She was airworthy, had a serviceable assiete, good power, and a willing crew.
1. gums knows. Machinbird knows. Smilin Ed knows, and Monsieur Bouilliard knows.
2. We will all know, but it will take time.
The pilots went to Heaven believing she was not STALLED, and that was the reality for all aboard. In fact, again, technically, she was NOT.
The indicated recovery for this "Maneuver"? gently lower the nose, build forward speed, and call for coffee. No "reloading" the wings, No dive, no plummet, no nothing. This may be the first a/c that convinced everyone she Stalled, and did not recover, when instead, she was doing a bit of air combat maneuvering.
OK?