Gregg
Back 25 years ago, the gyros would tumble at extreme attitudes which
caused undue wear and tear on them...thus, the avoidance of regular
spins and training. Now the gyros are much more advanced and can
withstand the attitudes without tearing them up. Oddly enough, they are
now called Non-Tumble gyros.....
It has been my experience flight schools avoid the spin training
because they have few who are capable of doing it safely or their
insurance company precludes it. Might be a combination of the two but I
think its more the lack of ability or perhaps fear? on the part of the
CFI's. Even the schools who had the C150 "Aerobat" only had one or two
CFI's who were allowed to do spins with them. I thnk its a damned
shame.
Cheers
Ol S&B