I have never had a Jaguar depart on me - yet! It is an aircraft that talks to the pilot; those that depart generally are not listening! 4 to 8 degrees AoA is life, and if it departs below 150 KIAS it has insufficient energy to actually spin (data from original spin trial). However, if the two-seater spins, it will not recover!
I have had a Tornado depart and spin on me - 340 KCAS into a fully developed spin in less than 2 seconds; departed at 21,000 ft, spin stopped at 10,000 ft, started to pull out at 8,000 ft, bottomed at 3,000 ft. But that is another story - and for another thread, another day.
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