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Old 23rd Nov 2002, 19:55
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oceanicclarence
 
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Traumahawk !

My flying instructor taught me spin recovery in a PA 38, and my god was it scary ! power off, control column gradually back left rudder and WHAM !! jeeeeeezus ! it went kinda inverted and just tore into a spin ! so very quick so very scary, if that happened to an unwitting PPL solo then im sorry i dont care what anyone says , they would be finished, end of story. i learnt a lot of respect for what a training aircraft can do after that, the the word here is RESPECT. i then got my instructor to show me how to recover, properly and from most attitudes and entries, this is such an important part of training, if an aircraft can spin then recovery should be taught, because all good pilots should have an escape plan if things go pear shaped !

keep it up guys, your job is undervalued.
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