High-altitude operations placed the F-104 in a narrow band between stall and overspeed. Engine behavior, inlet performance, and control sensitivity became critical factors as altitude increased.
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 ...
US investigators believe the pilots of a Hawker 900XP were insufficiently prepared for a post-maintenance stall test, during which the aircraft encountered icing and entered a fatal spin. The ...