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Forum: Tech Log

30th May 2011, 16:35

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By Garrison

"The aircraft pitched up steeply and decelerated...

"The aircraft pitched up steeply and decelerated from cruise speed to a virtual standstill in the first 30 seconds or so, then went from about 80 mph up to over 100 mph down. None of that would have...

Forum: Tech Log

29th May 2011, 17:51

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By Garrison

There are all sorts of possibilities, including...

There are all sorts of possibilities, including an unreported (by ACARS) tail deice failure, but a good Occamite would say that what we have here is sufficient unto itself. The vulnerability of the...

Forum: Tech Log

29th May 2011, 16:26

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By Garrison

> Could the crew break the stall, even if they...

> Could the crew break the stall, even if they had recognized it? With an
AOA of more than 40° that wouldn't have been to easy: With practically
no clean airflow over the elevators (close to a flat...

Forum: Tech Log

29th May 2011, 15:04

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By Garrison

If you think about what could have been done to...

If you think about what could have been done to prevent this accident, rather than about whether the crew were competent/incompetent or whatever, it seems as though if they had had available the...

Forum: Tech Log

28th May 2011, 05:04

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AF447 wreckage found

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Posted By Garrison

stall recovery

I'm a light airplane guy and don't know much about this, so forgive me if this is nonsense, but it strikes me that the A330 displayed remarkably good post-stall behavior -- no departure, no spin. It...

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