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Old 16th Jun 2008, 16:05
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woodcoc2000
 
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I did at least one spinning session with every one of my students. In my opinion; yes it is not easy to get most a/c to spin in the first place; a lot easier to stall though. How many of us have seen people freeze up or do exactly the wrong thing when a 'surprise stall' comes along?

Therefore i do think spinning is well worth doing in the aircraft. It is not good enough to talk about it; and then point to the stall recovery sticker on the dash and say trust me; this is how all this works. They need to see it happening in a controlled and safe way. I think the emphasis as with stalls should be to make the student realize what these things look like; and more importantly why they need to be avoided in the first place.
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