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Old 18th Apr 2012, 13:11
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AirRabbit
 
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Originally Posted by 8sugarsugar
Jets can power out of stalls and still climb when buffetting.
The Airborne Express DC-8 flight crew ... who were conducting a post-maintenance flight test on the night of December 22, 1996 in Narrows, Virginia, that included an approach-to-stall maneuver entered at 17,000 feet, repeatedly attempted to recover by simply “powering out” of the condition as you suggest ... might want to differ with that opinion, and probably would, except they are no longer with us to voice that difference, as they all died in the ensuing crash.
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