On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:32:05 -0600, "Danny Deger"
wrote:

I am looking for other people's technique for stall recovery. Before I flew
F-4s, I dropped the nose to gain airspeed well above stall speed and then
recovered well away from stall angle of attack. After F-4 training, I would
lower the nose to get just below the stall and recover with the airplane of
the verge of a stall. This is done by the feel of the airplane buffet and
handling characteristics and not by looking at airspeed. While training for
air to air combat, I flew the F-4 by feel to be close to stall. This is
done to turn rate in combat.

The key to the later stall recovery technique is to be very good at flying
the airplane very close to the stall by using aircraft feel, i.e. practice
slow flight a lot. The advantage is very little altitude lost in the
recovery.

That works for Debonairs, F33s, Cherokees, and most others as well. On
my last biennial flight review the instructor wanted to see if I could
stall the plane in a departure stall and not lose any altitude. We
could and even in a stall from slow flight with every thing hanging
out the loss was about 30 feet.

Danny Deger

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com