Rod wrote:
I don't necessarily think that omitting spins from the PTS is the best
move the FAA has made, but I don't know the whole story.

They had more people killed in spin training than were preventyed by the
training.


Then they were done wrong. Started out too low?

I've had one inadvertant spin in my entire flying career... back when I was
doing slow flight while working on my commercial license. The air wasn't
particlarly smooth and a wing dropped. I picked it up with rudder and
immediately snapped over into a spin. Fortunately, I'd had spin training when
finishing up my private license and once you've seen that sight picture once,
you remember it for life. I instantly knew what had happened, what to do, and
then did it. I doubt we made more than half a turn.

My instructor was shaken up though: "Let's call it a day." I guess he was one
of those "new generation" instructors who never did much with spins. It sure
showed.



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE