Whirly,
I dont think i know everything about flying but I do think stalls are not quite as dangerous as people often make out although I admit it would be worse if unexpected. I know you know a lot more about flying than me and accept what you say. The point I think I was trying to make was that in comparison to a spin a stall is tame. I think spins could be very dangerous especially if low. I noticed that we often side slip a lot on finals to lose height. This uses quite a lot of rudder at low speed so I wondered if anyone had ever heard of a Tiger Moth spinning on finals as a result of a poorly conducted side slip?
Do you mean they just froze for no reason in straight and level flight? Youd be done for in a Tiger Moth!
By the way I know its forbidden for ppls to let passengers have a go at the controls but is this a rule that everyone breaks?