Greg Esres wrote:

The relative wind will be "coming from above", since that is the
direction in which the aircraft is traveling.

The relative wind doesn't ever "come from above" while the aircraft
has a positive angle of attack..by definition. ;-)

The relative wind always comes from the direction in which the aircraft is
actually traveling. If the aircraft is climbing, the relative wind comes from
above the horizon; ie. it is not horizontal.

Nor will the
aircraft stall with the relative wind "essentially horizontal."

It certainly will if the aircraft is neither climbing nor descending, is not
banked, and the pitch angle exceeds the stall angle of attack.

Sounds like you think there is a zero angle of attack in that
situation?

No, I don't.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.