One of my favourite planes, second only to the Lancaster Bomber (Avro Lancaster). Nice find with this video, surprised how versatile the Hercules is in the air

It was nice to hear all the alarms - it gives you an idea of how far they're pushing the craft out of it's normal envelope. The "Stall, pull up, stall" on landing was a bit strange, however. Did it actually stall? It didn't look like it to me. Maybe the warning means "You're about to stall".

How weird to fly this thing like this over densely populated city.

>> ^rich_magnet:

It was nice to hear all the alarms - it gives you an idea of how far they're pushing the craft out of it's normal envelope. The "Stall, pull up, stall" on landing was a bit strange, however. Did it actually stall? It didn't look like it to me. Maybe the warning means "You're about to stall".


It was a sink rate and stall warning, with those combined on a short landing, I believe he was a stall. Granted, a landing is just a controlled stall, but I think he rode the line on this one.

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

Granted, a landing is just a controlled stall, but I think he rode the line on this one.


A stall is a condition where the angle of attack increases to a point where the lift begins to decrease. This may be due to too high a load, too low a speed or too high an angle of attack. Stalling during a landing is very dangerous in most mono-wing aircraft designs. In this case, however, I suspect the warning is that of a impending stall, as the aircraft looks stable all the way to the deck.