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To: zot
I get it.

I see where you are coming from now. Those that have not flown and have no clue why an aircraft flies, one must keep the terms basic, as in stall, meaning separation of airflow from the wing equals loss of lift. Accelerated stall is the same thing, but associated with abrupt change in the relative wind to the airfoil, can happen at any speed, and the abrupt change separates the airflow but well above “normal” straight and level 1-G slow speed flight.

The Thud. . .hmmmm. . . .just how OLD are you?

Hah.

36 posted on 08/23/2015 2:55:25 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Hulka

I am 81 years old. I started flying at age 16 in a J-3 Cub and was for awhile the youngest pilot in the Arkansas Civil Air Patrol. AFROTC commission in 1955, took the eye test seven times, read 20/30 every time, and thus became a navigator. Active duty USAF 1955-1985. I knew about the “mushing” problem with the F-105 because it was discussed when I was a research director in Air Force Systems Command.


37 posted on 08/23/2015 3:53:51 PM PDT by zot
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