Good for you, Gregg! I did the same thing as I figured the FAA were
dificient in not requiring it. It was the best thing I ever did. It
eliminated a fear of an unknown which, up until that point had been the
aviation equivelant of a big black box marked "DEATH". After the my first
spin with an instructor I knew they could be handled properly - I just had
to learn how. I spin the Pitts on a regular basis now, just to stay in
practice.

As to what you can and can't spin and why, if the placard says "Intentional
Spinning Prohibited" don't spin it. If no placard, read the POH and see
what it says. If it's allowed, learn how to spin it, whatever "it" is.

My .02 worth

Shawn
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wrote:

S&B,

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.....

Ah I see. Thanks for the explanation.

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.

Not sure of the reason, around here, though there are heavy discussions
about it in various flying magazines. One was in the AOPA Flight Training
mag in the latter half of last year. Sometimes the debate gets heated, in
the newsgroups.

But I figured if I wasn't going to get it for my PPL training I'd go out
and get it for myself. So I did.


thanks

Cheers
Ol S&B

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