A letter I sent to the Wings Channel

"Jim Fisher" wrote in message ...
I didn't give a damn about lift
coefficients and wouldn't know an angle of attack from an attack onn my
angle. All I needed to know what that at a certain speed, the plane will
stop flying and fall from the sky.

Yikes! I think an explanation of angle of attack and stressing the
the plane can stall at any speed is pretty damned important
information for the student pilot. If you think the plane will only
stall at a certain speed, you're setting yourself up for a stall/spin
on a botched turn to final (not an uncommon occurance when you're a
student).

I agree that the show doesn't need to delve into the minutae of
aerodynamics, but I don't think AOA qualifies as minutae.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)