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Old 16th February 2003 | 22:40
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Miserlou
 
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The exclusion of spinning, real, 1,2,perhaps more turns is criminally ignorant as I have mentioned on another thread.

If you can't see how it would happen look at the accident stats. Stall/spin on final turn after engine failure-major killer!

Don't turn a drama into a crisis-maintain proper flying speed.
Don't turn a crisis into a tragedy-Let your spin recovery be a reflex, not a conscious effort; saved my old man's life!

I heard the BGA or, at least the local gliding club, were now insisting on incipient spin recovery from circuit height. Anyone like to comment.

Aerobatic recovery technique is a little different to minimum height loss, requiring clean entry, exact number of rotations and stopped on heading, and a vertical down line.

Like a glider pilot, to be safe, you really must be able to feel where the aircraft is in relation to angle of attack-instinctively!
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