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Old 18th Jan 2015, 18:29
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Ian W
 
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Originally Posted by macdo
With a few minutes to spare after an LPC, the instructor demonstrated how easy it was to spin an a320. The spin was totally classic albeit with an astonomic RoD. Recovery was similarly straighforward. I think the loss of altitude was about 6000'.
I am in no way suggesting that in real life things would be so simple, but it was an interesting and reassuring experience.
Of course that was without the out-of-spin g forces which may have made things a little more interesting.
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