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Subject: Stalls

I'd like to cover a subject that I've talked about to many pilots and simmers and was surprised to find out that they were all unaware of the different types of stalls, so I'll list them now and talk alittle about each one.
A.) Power-on Stalls; This type is basically associated with takeoffs and climb, gear and flaps up!
B.) Power-off Stalls; usually encountered on approaches; Flaps and gear down.
C.) Elevator " Trim Stalls"; on final approach, the aircraft is usually trimed for the landing speed with nose up trim, as power is applied for a go-around, the normal tendency is for the aircraft to pitch up, and if positive pressure is not used to counteract the strong trim forces, the nose will continue to pitch up.
D.) Secondary Stall; If you pull up too quickly during recovery from a stall, you may trigger a secondary stall. Relax and let the aircraft regain flying speed by slowly pulling back on the stick.
E.) Accelarated Stalls; or what I refer to as " High Speed Stalls", This I find is the one that almost all pilots find hard to believe, how can an airplane stall by going to fast? These stalls are usually caused by abrupt or excessive control movement, and commonly occur during steep turns or rapid dive recoveries involving high load factors or a sudden change in the flight path. This type of stall is usually more violent and often unexpected because of the relatively high airspeed. In 1979 a TWA 727 fell 36000 feet before finally recovering from what I believe was a high speed stall. The aircraft was flying at FL 340 and had a 110 knot headwind , the captain wanted to make good time so it was cleared through ATC to climb to FL390; up to this time the flight was perfect, but after a few minutes at the higher altitude the Captain felt a vibration under his feet, and then the whole cabin started to shake, the aircrafts left wing dropped and the nose went straight down, the captain tried everything to regain control, nothing happened, then he finally told the co-pilot to lower the landing gear and the aircraft responded, leveled out, they called for an emergency landing, and all 89 passenger and crew were saved. The trick here is to learn to recognize buffeting at high speed as you're warning signal that your too heavy and the air too thin to continue at the present angle of attack.

Till next time, great flying to you,
Capt Steve