I had a bunch, all good, some better than others, a few barely passable but
OK.

The best ones were bush pilots, the worst the kind looking to build hours
for a job with the airlines.

I just learned something from another one who showed me how to line up with
a crossroads and count full turns in a spin and figure out how many spins in
a thousand feet of altitude loss. He's young but a hell of a pilot and a
bit of a swashbuckler. Man, will a Taylorcraft ever wind up and spin!
Over 4 complete rotations in a thousand feet with the nose waaaay down, and
the next time we'll see how many seconds it takes with a stopwatch. Of
course if you spin to the left instead of to the right ...

Dave Cowan, a Canadian bush pilot, and I used to take up a 152 and spin it.
That one was hard to get to spin. A Taylorcraft will stall without warning
and spin in a heartbeat, but you have to really yank the yoke and kick the
rudder to get a 152 to spin.

I wrote an anecdote about a favorite instructor several years ago in
rec.aviation.student. It was fun to write. Do an advanced google search
and plug in, "I'll break your goddamn arm!" That was Marvin Harrison
(another great spinner) from Greenville, SC. Most unforgettable character
and another great pilot.