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Aeronautical term designing the maximum AoA (Angle of Attack) an aircraft can sustain before stalling.
The plane crashed after triggering alpha-floor protection, leading it to a long unrecoverable descent to the ground.
The only airline company with pilots pulling more 3g at service ceiling(the max altitude for safe flight) then performing glorious free-falls, and spicing it with tail-strikes, alpha-floor protection triggers, gear up landings, out of fuel emergencies in the middle of the ocean, and, most importantly, all the pilots are taken from the FSXCC competitors pool.
I had a flight with Blueline today, and it was as marvelous as bumpy.
Aeronautical term designing the angle formed by the nose of the plane and the relative wind (vector) of the plane.
Should no exceed 10° for most planes for safe flight, but can be way higher in certain maneuvers, such as the Cobra of the SU-27, where it can go up to 120°.
Flight instructor to it's student: "Watch out your Angle of Attack, you are near limit!"