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What a stall really is: critical angle of attack

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The Schiff Show logoFrom Lessons Learned from the Colgan Air Tragedy · Captain Brian Schiff · The Schiff Show

All 15 chapters in this program

  1. 0:00 Avemco intro and welcome 5 min
  2. 4:40 Remembering the families; tonight's topic 3 min
  3. 7:20 Accident review: Colgan Air 3407 approach 7 min
  4. 14:00 The stall warning and improper inputs 11 min
  5. 24:40 Spin training, endorsements and instructors 5 min
  6. 29:40 What a stall really is: critical angle of attack 3 min
  7. 32:20 Stall speed, weight and the airspeed indicator 4 min
  8. 36:00 Fatigue, rest and fitness for duty 6 min
  9. 42:20 Power-off and power-on stalls in the ACS 3 min
  10. 45:40 Fear of stalls and how instructors pass it on 3 min
  11. 48:20 Don't pick up a dropped wing with aileron 4 min
  12. 52:40 Stick shakers, icing and false warnings 5 min
  13. 58:00 Envelope protection in modern airplanes 5 min
  14. 1:02:40 Game time: stalls and aerodynamics trivia 12 min
  15. 1:14:40 Next month: Jeffrey Madison's "100 Smart Pilots" 3 min