What BOAC said. Relative wind is an amateur term.
me tinks allus you experts forgetting something.
why is the stall warning on
the left wing??
nothing to do with sideslips that one.
The angle of attack sensors on a transport aeroplane are on the front fuselage below the office windows.
Lightning Mate: Shouldn't the angle of attack be referenced by the relative wind
direction (headwind) rather than from the side? That's what I don't
understand.......
My drawing shows the
relative wind component due to sideslip!