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June 24th 04, 03:01 PM
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It seems "old" power pilots used to keep nose high when having too much
altitude, close to stalling, in order to maximise drag. This obviously is not the right way to react with a glider (or any ship with decent airbrakes), and has caused some other accidents already ... Jean "Richard Branch" a écrit dans le message de ... I don't normally comment on these posts for fear of upsetting someone, but in this instance it is clear the report is confused, one does not crash after a stall because of having too "much" altitude. Rich... Joe had been flying for a few hours in his motorglider, came in for landing with too much altitude, stalled and crashed. 
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