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When the elevator stick / yoke is pulled aft progressively at low airspeed, the wing's AoA

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decreases.
Aft elevator INCREASES AoA, not decreases.
✓ increases until critical AoA is exceeded and the wing stalls.correct
pitch attitude doesn't necessarily indicate AoA, but at constant airspeed pulling back raises AoA directly. Aft elevator → tail-down force → nose pitches up → wing AoA increases. AoA is the angle between wing chord and relative wind, not the pitch attitude. In level flight at constant airspeed, more AoA is required to support weight as airspeed slows — and pulling stick aft is what increases that AoA. Push stick forward = lower AoA = unstall.
stays constant if airspeed is constant.
Constant airspeed doesn't mean constant AoA — turn or pull and AoA changes.
is unrelated to elevator position.
Elevator and AoA are directly linked.

Why

pitch attitude doesn't necessarily indicate AoA, but at constant airspeed pulling back raises AoA directly. Aft elevator → tail-down force → nose pitches up → wing AoA increases. AoA is the angle between wing chord and relative wind, not the pitch attitude. In level flight at constant airspeed, more AoA is required to support weight as airspeed slows — and pulling stick aft is what increases that AoA. Push stick forward = lower AoA = unstall.

FAA source: PHAK Ch 5; PHAK Chapter 5 — Aerodynamics of Flightbrowse the reference library →

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