Say Again slowly - well I used to do more than 3 turn spins in Bulldogs but I take your point on CAA certification. Interestingly on my CAA FI course we spun PA38's for more than 3 turns which kind of suggested it was OK to me.
The type I referred to in my original post above is Italian and in Italian military service as a basic trainer. They certify it for unlimited spins. I *know* that it doesn't make any difference as it wore a G registration at the time BUT as *I* was signing people off for the type conversion *I* wanted to make sure they could handle its sprightly performance, highish performace wing, snappy stall and neutral spin characteristics.
The aeroplane could bite and for PPL's often with no more than 100hrs TT it was an enticing but potentially dangerous proposition after a diet of Warriors and C152's.
Indeed it once entered an inadvertent spin from a full flap power on stall exercise that I was demonstrating. This was diconcerting.
I was absolutley NOT happy to sign off a PPL on this aircraft when it had bitten me AND they had NEVER done a spin in their lives. It wasn't spin approved by the UK CAA.
So what would you have done? In the real world that is? Refused to sign people off for the aircraft - another FI would have done so. Sign them off without spinning it - I hate funerals.
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