All this habooble about controlling the aircraft - did they not use the FPV?
At least they would have seen their flightpath that way - as sailing downhill with a nose high attitude is an exceptionally bad situation.
This idea of "full back stick produces climb and TOGA and it will not stall" probably enticed the pilot to do just that in a magentarianly childish sort of way . . .? This "belief" has fooled one or two, at the wrong altitude or in the wrong law.
Also, why not use the three gimballed gyro like they did on the Apollo integrating the D.I. with the A.I. Apart from gymbal lock over the poles -there would be a 3D (kind of) indication of ATT then.
Last edited by Natstrackalpha; 1st Jul 2013 at 01:15.