[safisoft]

Anyway...can anyone tell me why Trace Gallagher keeps saying "angle of attack?" My head keeps envisioning a dogfight. I'd ask the dh, but he's currently in the air.

Angle of attack is referring to the relative angle that the wing cross section is moving through the air. To achieve lift, air flows over the wing. The air across the top of the wing produces a low pressure condition, "sucking" the wing up. Too high an angle and the wing no longer develops lift. Try this: stick your hand out the window of a car. Like a wing airfoil you can shape your hand so it is "lifted" by the air. Now increase the angle of your hand. Eventually, your hand becomes like a dam to the air - that is the extreme of a "high angle of attack".

[Archangelsk]

Spoken like a true aerodynamicist who just looked at some performance charts. By the way DH is decision height and is used for precision approaches.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Try this: stick your hand out the window of a car. Like a wing airfoil you can shape your hand so it is "lifted" by the air. Now increase the angle of your hand. Eventually, your hand becomes like a dam to the air - that is the extreme of a "high angle of attack".

Hey, I like that explanation! Thanks for helping me out! How long have you been flying?