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How does one fly a fighter at a high angle of attack? I know what it means, just don't know how to do it.

I've d/l the avro arrow, and the readme file recommends this on landing.

To fly any plane at a high angle of attack is asking for a stall, but one way to do it would be to slow down and keep back pressure on the controls. Another way would be to put extra weight in the rear so the plane becomes tail heavy. The only negative thing about this is as the angle increases so does the risk of a stall.  8)

Flying at high AOA's requires the pilot to find a balance between lift and drag.

slow flight is the best part about flight training.  I learned to do it in a Cessna 152 and a Piper Warrior.  We would slow the aircraft down and set the trim to hold just above stall speed, while maintaining our altitude.  Then with very slight inputs on the controls you can make turns, etc.  Flying on the back side of the envelope is great.  It is just like hanging out at 3000'.
The only anoying part was the stall horn blaring at you.  

That is one thing that I noticed in FS9, the stall horn goes off and you immediatly stall.  In a real aircraft the stall horn is a warning that the aircraft could stall if you don't change what the aircraft is doing.

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That is one thing that I noticed in FS9, the stall horn goes off and you immediatly stall.

Thanks guys.  I'll have to take the avro up to high alt' and practice.

The avro starts falling like a rock when below 170k, so far I haven't been able to land it w/out over stressing the gear.