Independently of the type of certification which did the Puchacz =
undergo, it has been put through a very extensive in-flight testing =
program. The SZD used to be a state runned company which in this area =
meant that the new glider has to pass a very detailed programme of tests =
almost without counting the costs (remember that it was designed in deep =
communism era where the economy rules we know didn't exist in practice).
It has to be tested thoroughly as it was intended to be full acro =
allowed two seater which was mainly designed to be a primary trainer.

Nowadays *all* Polish clubs use the Puchacz for spin training (the =
Bocians have been prohibited to spin after they reached the age of 25), =
as there are no other trainers than few (maybe 5 all) KR-03 Puchateks =
(known also as Krosno or Peregrine). For ten years I have been flying =
gliders I have never heard of any accident like this one which started =
all the recent threads on Puchacz. There were few spin fatalities =
indeed, even one in aour club, but all of them happened on the final =
leg, or in the moment of the base/final leg turn, most of them caused by =
the licensed (but not used to fly from the instructor's cockpit) pilot =
in the backseat carrying passenger in the front seat.

Regards,


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Janusz Kesik

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