BOAC - again not to resurrect things but your numbers were about what my sim exercise produced from FL350 - one was just above FL200 - the others around FL 250 or so IIRC. Descent rates were as high as 17,000fpm. I did not try it lower and now wish I had.
Owain Glyndwr's numbers show a 10deg ND steady pitch attitude, for recoveries at FL350, FL200 and FL60 at 3, 2 & 1 deg/sec AoA recovery rates.
The FL350 scenario recovers between FL250 and FL220 which coincided with most but not all our exercises; the FL200 scenario recovers between FL145 and FL125 and the last scenario recovers about a thousand feet above the sea.
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