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Old 10th Dec 2015, 14:42
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Cool A wild ride

A wee bit off topic- but the ability to recover from unexpected aircraft attitudes when everything turns to worms comes from skill, practice, and bucu luck

For a stunning example of EXTREME upsets and recovery- the following is classic

Chuck Yeager Interview -- page 2 / 8 -- Academy of Achievement

scroll down to the section that starts

And on the fourth flight, I think it was on December 12, everything went beautiful. The drop was right on speed, and the chambers ignited when you flick the switch. The profile was beautiful. The only thing that happened, on the climb out, on all four chambers running and you're really accelerating - you fly off of a little eight ball flight indicator for attitude reference.
there is a short video that follows - film taken from a cockpit camera.

My explanation is that he recovered one axis at a time.
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