Originally Posted by
blind pew
As someone who very nearly became a statistic in a Condor whilst instructing during the 70s due to being stuck in a spin and whose then pupil died 20 years later in a Christian Eagle its refreshing to read some knowledgeable posts.
I always believed and taught that if you arent sure what the aircraft is doing put everything in the middle...
Scary. Truly scary, and very worrying. Very sad to read.
An instructor who admits to nearly killing themselves and their student because they didn't know the correct procedure for spin recovery, and who therefore couldn't teach it, whose student then goes on to kill themselves...
Nothing makes wonkazoo's point better than this tale of woe and tragedy.