DeeCee
my apologies for the comments earlier
We had a thread a while ago from a training pilot who was scared stiff of stalling and when he was told flying solo to practice a few stalls was still scared stiff.
it transpired that he was scared stiff because all his training revolved around recovery at the incipient and he was worried sick of what happened if he went beyond the incipient or even into a spin by accident.
He jumped at the suggestion of going with an aerobatic instructor in an aerobatic certified aircraft so he could see and experience what lay beyond and experience the worst that could happen.
even with a spin I ask should a pilot get into such a situation how would they identify whether they were in a spin or spiral dive?
There were a couple of fatal very tragic accidents in PC12s where loss of control at altitude resulted in failure of the pilots to recover and I wonder whether this was partially due to too much emphasis on systems and the automatics and not enough on good old handling techniques.
it also like simulating engine failure in a twin! you cannot beat shutting down an engine for real and also identify why the engine has failed fuel is one.
I agree in a single you have to be very cautious about when and where you do such a thing and over a very long runway would be ideal.
Pace