Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
USMCFLYR
It would nice if the FAA Safety guys went down the hall or across the country and met with the Aircraft Certification guys. AoA is not recognized as a legal "tool" for performance. Current Bombardier planes now have AOA indications on the panel and, where installed, in the HUD, but, because it can't be used legally, the AFM contains not data, there are no markings or data for different performance points--like on-speed for Vref, V2, etc. The C-5 manual had specific numbers-7.2 units for approach, 9 units for V2.
GF
As I am learning in my job, stovepipe is still a term in use in the FAA
Yes - It would be nice to merge the two and actually get something useful (and safe) out to the GA world quickly.
I agree about the military's use of AoA in operations (and I didn't even know that other communities outside of the Strike/Fighter one used AoA as much), but we had AoAs for nearly everything - especially tactically, but including max range, max endurance, and of course LANDING!!
