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To: ConservativeWarrior

“There’s a point where things are too far gone to correct, no matter how much altitude you have.”

The only point is when there isn’t enough altitude or when the plane loses a control surface. Depending on the design of the airplane there are very few stall conditions which are not recoverable given altitude and a working airplane.

There are backups on most airplanes, these generate their own risk. In my complete amateur opinion the engineering of the Airbus is not all that great in a number of areas.


61 posted on 05/23/2011 9:26:08 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver
The only point is when there isn’t enough altitude or when the plane loses a control surface.

Not really. See: overspeed.
62 posted on 05/23/2011 9:31:04 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (In last year's nests, there are no birds this year.)
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