(b) The wings level stall characteristics must
be demonstrated in flight as follows. Starting
from a speed at least 18.5 km/h (10 knots) above
the stall speed, the elevator control must be pulled
back so that the rate of speed reduction will not
exceed 1.9 km/h (one knot) per second until a stall
is produced, as shown by either –
(1) An uncontrollable downward
pitching motion of the aeroplane; or
(2) A downward pitching motion of the
aeroplane which results from the activation of a
device (e.g. stick pusher); or
(3) The control reaching the stop.
BizJetJock,
(I love talking theory of flight, so take this as an upbeat conversation from my end!)
What I read into this is that with the controls reaching the stop, the aircraft must still be slowed down to the point of a stall.
So, with the controls held to the stop and the aircraft does not stall, then one of the two other conditions must be met.
Therefore, the controls reaching the stop would only be applicable to a percentage of aircraft types and could not be considered a blanket statement.
As the condition of the stall is that the aircraft exceeds CLmax (for any aircraft type) this really is the only blanket statement you can use, thus Mr. Kermode is still shown to be correct for all aircraft types.