Which statement describes the standard stall recognition and recovery actions taught to glider students?

Which statement describes the standard stall recognition and recovery actions taught to glider students?

• A. Recognize stall by buffet and nose-high attitude; push stick forward to reduce angle of attack; apply opposite rudder to stop rotation; smoothly recover to wings-level flight and reestablish coordinated flight.
• B. Recognize stall by buffet and nose-low attitude; push stick back to raise nose; apply opposite rudder; recover to wings-level flight and reestablish coordinated flight.
• C. Stall recognition by reduced control effectiveness; push forward to reduce angle of attack; recover to level flight.
• D. Stall occurs only with speed increase; recover by pulling up.

Answer: (A)

Stalls are detected by buffet with a nose‑high attitude, which shows the wing is approaching its critical angle of attack. The correct recovery is to push the stick forward to reduce that angle of attack, then smoothly level the wings and reestablish coordinated flight. If the glider has started to rotate (a spin), applying the opposite rudder helps stop the rotation, and then you return to wings-level, coordinated flight. This aligns with recognizing stall cues as a nose-up condition with buffet, and taking forward control input to unload the wing and regain stable flight, followed by leveling the wings and smoothing out the flight path. The other statements mix in incorrect cues (nose-low indicates diving, not a stall), incorrect recovery actions (pulling back to raise the nose worsens the stall), or omit the coordination and corrective steps involved in standard stall recovery.

Stalls are detected by buffet with a nose‑high attitude, which shows the wing is approaching its critical angle of attack. The correct recovery is to push the stick forward to reduce that angle of attack, then smoothly level the wings and reestablish coordinated flight. If the glider has started to rotate (a spin), applying the opposite rudder helps stop the rotation, and then you return to wings-level, coordinated flight.

This aligns with recognizing stall cues as a nose-up condition with buffet, and taking forward control input to unload the wing and regain stable flight, followed by leveling the wings and smoothing out the flight path. The other statements mix in incorrect cues (nose-low indicates diving, not a stall), incorrect recovery actions (pulling back to raise the nose worsens the stall), or omit the coordination and corrective steps involved in standard stall recovery.