Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
In 1962 our Vampires were getting a bit twitter and bisted. Aircraft would have red line entries in the F700 like: 'Not to be spun solo' or 'No intentional spins..
I wonder if this accident had any bearing on that restriction?
On 23rd January 1961 the crew of two on this aircraft were undertaking a training flight over the Pennines when twenty minutes into the flight, and whilst flying 27,000 feet, the instructor entered a practice spin to the right. After four turns he attempted to pull out of the spin but was unable to do so, therefore further emergency action was taken without effect and the instructor warned the pupil that he would have to eject and the canopy jettisoned.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=153858
The pilots ejected without serious injury but a number of sheep were not so fortunate.
After spending some time reading the posts here yesterday I watched the entire BBC series released in 1986 about The Empire Test Pilots School. Written and Produced by Brian Johnson.
add Episode 3 has some interesting footage on spinning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9knSaT_4Tw