Originally Posted by gums
Lastly, who in the world on the sidelines would have appreciated a high AoA, slow speed, extremely low altitude flyby? I'll bet 99% of the witnesses didn't have a clue about what the pilot was trying to demonstrate.
I still have a vivid memory of the demonstration at the Farnborough airshow of the high angle-of-attack protection by Gordon Corps on the A300 serving as a flying testbed for the FBW system developed for the A320. The speaker didn't inform the audience about the altitude observed in the demonstration but, from memory, it must have been closer to 1000 ft than to 100 ft.