Perhaps I was not understood.  Let me try another approach.

I am not referring to carrier landings, airliners or basic trainers.

For practical purposes, the differences between AOA and airspeed indications are small in my L2C. 

 

There is getting to be more emphasis towards AOA as evidenced by comments about a recent crash  - “did he have an AOA?” - as well as all the responses to my post.

 

If you look at the Lancair accident reports again, you can see that roughly half of them involve some sort of loss of control in flight.  This does not suggest to me the need for more hardware with minor advantages.

 

I don’t imagine the Navy trained pilots (who I respect immensely) are likely to have any lack of training or ability as regards basic aircraft control - AOA or not.  I do suspect that someone who advanced up from basic pilot training where he was taught stall avoidance may have some problems if not downright misconceptions.  It is outrageous to see AOA suggested to be the cure.

 

Mark Ravinski

N360KB  1302hrs