"ArtP" wrote in message
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On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 06:55:20 -0700, "Tom S."
wrote:

Same as any other plane, the ground stops the spin. That is
why since spin recovery training was dropped as a PPL requirement and
spin avoidance training was instituted the number of deaths due to
spins has decreased.

Cite? That's nuts, as nutty as teaching crash avoidance.

That is called defensive driving. Things like that may not fit you
macho image, but they save lives.

"Defensive driving" and "vehicle handling" are two very distinct and
different perspectives.

If you hadn't snipped my parts of the entire post, you'd read my comparison
to a skid pan. A skid pan is NOT where they teach defensive driving.

Study a little bit: http://www.bondurant.com/pages/home.html