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Old 11th Jun 2013, 23:01
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Originally Posted by PJ2
There is salesmanship mixed with marketing from airplane makers and everyone else, and then there is the reality of an airplane's design which must be trained, learnt, and understood well.
First sim practice was about manual flying to get a taste of the sidestick, even direct law to confirm how the new design was 'conventional'.
Later on emphasis was on the protections and how to apply full back stick to get the most of it or how to abandon to the electronics ...
Last on the priority list was the stall ...

Buying an airliner has to do with expected profits not much with stall protection and Ziegler was not exactly a salesman either.
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