Rocket2

"Recall blue peter presenter going for a spin with mike brookes , presenter did not enjoy himself"
I'll never forget seeing J. Clarkeson esq spinning in the Hunter with Rees Williams many years back - classic

Double Zero

Not much to do with spin recovery, so apologies for the thread creep...; at least Clarkson had the guts to go for the spins in the Hunter, also a flight in an F-15 where he made no bones about it, he was sick !

I found out the hard way that air-sickness, in that way similar to sea-sickness, simply requires time in turbulent air / swift manouvering to build up a level of tolerance.

In the 1980's Dunsfold offered a ride in our 2-seat demonstrator Harrier G-VTOL ( traditionaly John Farley's mount, now at Brooklands Museum ) as a prize for ' Children in Need ' but the BBC refused, saying it was too dangerous !

A lot of people, me included, would have chewed an arm off to get a flight...

stockdam

Ah the Tucano.

I was in charge of the flight test instrumentation on it during certification and later at Boscombe Down. Part of the trials were spin clearance.........happy days.

Dan Winterland

Quote: "In the 1980's Dunsfold offered a ride in our 2-seat demonstrator Harrier G-VTOL ( traditionaly John Farley's mount, now at Brooklands Museum ) as a prize for ' Children in Need ' but the BBC refused, saying it was too dangerous!""

In the mid 80's Cranwell offered a prize in a JP for a charity competition with BBC Radio Nottinghamshire (I Think). The winner turned up at Cranwell with her family. It turned out she was a woman in her fifteis who was about 5' tall and weighed about twenty stone. If we could have got the straps round her and she was withinin the seat parameters, she would have probably snuffed it at 2g. The flight was offered to one of her family, but she was adamant she was going to fly. When told she couldn't, the atmosphere was ugly with swearing and threats of legal action.

No more flights offered to the public from then on!

spekesoftly

To save face, perhaps Lyneham might have offered alternative transport ?

Shaft109

This may be of interest to this this thread:

Sewanee Aerobatic School - Spin Training

YouTube - 26 Turn Flat Spin in a Tipsy Nipper