As a related question ...
Just when did the (JAA) UK PPL stop requiring spin training ?. (Apparenty more people died from practicing rather than real accidents ... ).
When I was doing my PPL last year, I was shocked to find that it was no longer included. I've been gliding 20 years and although I'm not up to date with current teaching pratice, teaching spins was routine until a few years back. It was considered rather important because gross mishandling at the top of a winch launch coud see you spin in. Indeed, when undergoing instruction you would do a spin or two once every few flights to keep current - which took the fear out of it for new pilots.
By the way, "generally speaking" do light aircraft spin more aggressively than gliders ?. I'm thinking here of what a glider's long span might do ... rate of rotation ... (Most of the 2 seat gliders I flew were pretty docile - instructor holding it firmly in the spin before letting the student recover...).
I'll be doing my CPL soon - so will be reacquainted woith spinning soon ...
Thanks for any input ...
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