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Old 12th May 2017, 02:28
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Dan Winterland
 
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The T67M's basic spin recovery technique looks like what I would call a "normal spin recovery technique", it's certainly similar to all spin recovery techniques on all aircraft I've flown.
Similar, but not the same. There is no 'standard spin recovery' for all aircraft as some people of this forum claim. They vary from type to type, some slightly - some massively. During WW2, the RAF used a standard recovery, but the introduction of the Chipmunk changed that after several fatal accidents and a type specific recovery was introduced - along with a design modification. And since then, every RAF type has had a specific spin recovery. I've flown 7 training types in the RAF as both student and instructor - all the spin recoveries had differences.

This tragic accident highlights that all recoveries are different, that you should know the recovery for your type and you should get spin training on type conversion if you intend to fly aerobatics.
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