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To: zot

Yes, nose high. Sad.

Been there myself, nose up, flyable airspeed, sink rate none-the-less. . .but not stalled. . .barely missed the ground, kicking up dust-devils when the sunk rate stopped and I flew up ad away. . .

Still have no idea what you mean by ‘high speed stall?”

A stall among aviators means something specific, and certainly not what this pilot was experiencing. He was not stalled.

Cheers,


22 posted on 08/22/2015 12:12:00 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Hulka

nose up, flyable airspeed, sink rate none-the-less = loss of lift due to pulling G’s at high angle of attack = high speed stall. Happened to a Thunderbird pilot during an airshow at Mountain Home AFB in 2003. He successfully ejected about one second before impact. Here is a link:
http://www.bing.com/search?q=Thunderbird+Crash+Mountain+Home+Idaho&FORM=R5FD6


23 posted on 08/22/2015 12:33:06 PM PDT by zot
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