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Old 21st Sep 2014, 16:32
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Originally Posted by framer
Machinbird, can you please explain what you mean by the above sentence ?
Hi framer, another aerobatic experienced guy I presume.

Yes you can stall an aircraft in any attitude, but if the nose stays well down, there is no way to keep it from accelerating out of a stall short of a fully developed spin, and even then, the nose will rise as the spin stabilizes (if it ever does).
The above is particularly true with jets starting from high altitude.

My own unusual attitude training was in the back seat of a TF-9 Cougar with the bag covering the outside world. The sadist up front would tell you to look at your lap. Then he would pitch up and roll wing down, fail the attitude indicator, then roll inverted nose down and say, "Your airplane." Looking back on it, it is what modern training should strive to emulate.
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