"Dave Doe" wrote in message
. nz...
Isn't the texts on AOA about *critical* AOA? - the rest of it, is surely
the other angle - within the load envelope. The stall warning provides
a fixed measurement of the imminent critical AOA - what else does a
pilot need?

Calibrated correctly, an AOA indicator could be useful for a variety of
flight regimes, particularly when it comes to maximizing performance (best
glide, for example).

It's true that the usual student aviation texts don't discuss these things.
But that may be more about the lack of a suitable indicator in the airplane
than anything else.

Pete