Uh oh..., actually, a stiff wind shear can cause an airplane to stall when already flying near the stall speed (like while setting up to land for example). This has caused fatal accidents involving large airliners actually. So no, momentum doesn't really save airplanes in every case.., actually, I can't think of any.
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The problem is most begginers are not aware of aerodynamic theories, fluid physics, and full scale pilot instructions. All they need to know at first is: "Be carefull making turns downwind", or upwind for that matter!
There seems to be another theory that is missing from this argument. Momentum. An abrupt change in wind direction or azimuth doesn't cause an abrupt change in the aircraft.
A quote I saw a while back seem to apply here.
" in theory, reality and theory are the same. In reality, they are not"
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