AF 447 Thread No. 7

[RR_NDB]

Recovery from stall

Hi,

Machinbird:

For a tactical experienced pilot, there is a concept called unloading the wing. If you establish a ballistic trajectory with your aircraft, you do not require lift and this allows your aircraft to accelerate much more quickly than it would while maintaining high AOA. In a ballistic trajectory, your aircraft will not stall. This is the core idea behind many tactical maneuvers. In airline use, you would not have to fully adopt a zero g ballistic flight to recover from a potential low speed excursion. 1/10th g is sufficient to keep most things stuck to the floor and still provide almost all the benefit of zero g. Unloading is a concept that every jet pilot should have in their back pocket through practical (airborne) flying experience. (You cannot do it in a Sim). A pilot who understands the concept won't have difficulty getting the nose down to get flying...

Supposing the limitations are disabled:

The only limitations are likely those built into your flight control system.

Questions:

1) Using this "approach" AF447 could be saved? If so, the maneuver could still be decided (and initiated) at what minimum FL?

2) This stall recovery technique should be incorporated in (SIM) pilots training?