>>>In training we would slow down to a mild buffet, apply power and be instructed that that was a place >>>we didn't want to go.  There are lots of things that we don't want to do in an airplane that we need >>>to practice to the extreme to avoid.

 

Pete,

 

That is the problem exactly!  Many people don’t understand what an accelerated stall is.  What you describe is a straight and level stall.  An accelerated stall is where speed (above demonstrated stall speed – clean or dirty) is not the determining factor, rather critical angle of attack.  An accelerated stall can occur at almost any flying speed!  That is why an AOA indicator is so strongly suggested by the members on this list.  Yes, even airliners have screwed in because of the lack of understanding about this by the PICs.

 

Richard Freilich