Can we start a thread on how these guys could have recovered?
Eeeerm.... by pushing the stick forward?
Ladies and gentlemen, did it ever occur to you that the lift equation, Cl vs Cd curve, power required vs. power available et al. are not just some scribbling on paper or PDF that are to be learned by rote to pass the ATPL exams but extremely accurate descriptions of principles that keep us flying?
I am going on my silly sailing vacation, since I don't fly DC-4 but Q400, it will be four days instead of three weeks. I wonder what you'll make out of this thread by then.