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Old 15th Nov 2014, 00:53
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(a) Zoom climb.


Not the best term ever, but clear enough. Pull back hard on the stick at a highish speed, and the first things that'll happen is the aeroplane pitches up, and as a result will climb.

Keep pulling, and the aeroplane will probably stall, but it'll be decelerating at the same time as approaching the g limit, so will meet the O-A curve at a speed lower than you started, and a g loading below the g limit. So, structural damage is pretty unlikely.

Whether thats the right answer in the reckoning of the aerodynamic ignoramises who set PofF exams at both PPL and CPL/ATPL level, who knows. But it's what will actually happen.

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