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Old March 22nd 13, 08:30 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.crafts.metalworking,rec.aviation.military,talk.politics.misc,alt.society.labor-unions
Jim Wilkins[_2_]
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Default Is the 787 a failure ?

"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
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"The angle of attack is the parameter that allows the stall warning
to be triggered. Its
value is not directly displayed to the pilots."

They knew their small nose-up angle, but not the large relative wind
direction component of AoA.

jsw


If that's unclear, they were pitched up 5 degrees and descending at 35
degrees for a combined AoA of 40 degrees.
jsw