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Forum: Tech Log

19th Jun 2011, 10:44

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By The Ancient Geek

Thanks for the diagrams and all of the other...

Thanks for the diagrams and all of the other information.

However, I am still trying to figure out how any pilot would not realise that holding full backstick on anything other than an AN-2 (*)...

Forum: Tech Log

29th May 2011, 19:24

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By The Ancient Geek

If the IAS gets down to 60 Kts and the wheels are...

If the IAS gets down to 60 Kts and the wheels are not on the ground then the aircraft must be very badly stalled. Disabling the stall warning makes no sense.
This is not a feature, it is a bloody...

Forum: Tech Log

29th May 2011, 16:40

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By The Ancient Geek

It would have been easily recoverable if the...

It would have been easily recoverable if the stall horn had worked properly.

Forum: Tech Log

29th May 2011, 14:57

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By The Ancient Geek

As a simple-minded Twotter driver there is one...

As a simple-minded Twotter driver there is one factor here which seems critical to me. If the stall warning sounds I know to get the nose down in a hurry then grab for the apehangers to add power.
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Forum: Tech Log

27th May 2011, 15:48

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By The Ancient Geek

Something here does not seem to add up. 4...

Something here does not seem to add up.

4 minutes is a very long time. How can 3 highly qualified pilots persist in maintaining a stall for so long without someone figuring out that they have got...

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