Originally posted by Gabriel
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They leveled and dirtied up the plane and it slowed down quickly...(not too quickly).
Quickly enough that some sleep deprived, allegedly flirtatious, pilots did not seem to notice...and went on to get a stall warning...I would expect that leveling AND dropping flaps AND dropping gear AND flattening the props, would definitely call for an airspeed check and almost definitely call for some more power...
Your discussion that maybe they were somewhat aware of their airspeed as opposed to totally unaware (but shocked by the unexpected stick shaker): Plausible.
It is also consistent with your plausible theory of the tail stall...(Which Evan disagrees with and which I think is slightly less likely than tired and inattention to speed).
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