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Old 22nd Aug 2015, 19:29
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Chronus
 
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Flaps ?

Wycombe "was this a last minute action to try to generate some additional lift/recover?"

Swept wing stalls at leading edge, flaps would not have helped to recover from what at first appears to be a pull too early from an accelerated stall exceeding critical angle of attack.
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