Originally Posted by
BigEndBob
No expert on spinning other than normal flying instructor stuff in 152, 172, PA28140 and Tomahawk over 40 years..
But my last Tomahawk spin was exciting, normal entry couple of spins and standard recovery technique..
Then the nose pitched down into a very high rotational mode i had never seen before. But the manual printed that this could occur.
So i waited and waited, getting lower and lower. So at what point do you think this is not coming out.
I had read the Slingsby accident report and conclusions and that came back to me, so i went pro spin, pulled hard back and then recovery mode but more forceful.
And it snapped out of the spin.
I never spun the Tomahawk again, that was some years ago.
And that, dear readers, demonstrates why I think that people who spin without a parachute or other "get out of gaol card" are extremely foolish and I endeavour never to do so myself.
G