An accelerated stall is one in which the G-load on the airplane is greater than +1G. One place an accelerated stall commonly occurs is in an overbanked turn to final approach. Excessive banking has ...

Last month we started our look at testing the airplane in slow flight and exploring stall characteristics. We discussed lateral/directional behavior last time, so we now turn our attention to the ...

With loss of control still the primary cause of aircraft fatalities, the FAA last year released the new Airmen Certification Standards, some aspects of it controversial, to replace the practical test ...