Hi folks!
Lets start debunking some myths eh?...
Spinning *is* in the UK PPL & JAR PPL & UK NPPL Syllabus. Always has been always will be.
Ex 11A Spin Avoidance - Incipient spin recovery - IS MANDATORY. If you have NOT received this training then your club has been negligent.
Ex11B Fully developed spins - are OPTIONAL under UK PPL, UK NPPL & JAR PPL. But none the less its STILL in the syllabus.
The reason this became optional was partly due to accidents and partly due to not all organisations having aircraft which were cleared for spinning.
Mark Evans flew from Aeros at Gloucester. The aircraft is a PA28 Cherokee 140 G-SCPL. The aircraft is cleared for spinning - it is another myth that *all* PA28s are not cleared for spinning - some *are*. I did my PPL spinning in it and 7 spins later came down for some tea...
Hope this helps.