Dave Stadt wrote:
So I'm curious. Have you ever spun an airplane?

Yep.


And you learned *nothing* worthwhile from that experience? I sure found it an
eye opener the one time I inadvertently spun. If I hadn't known what it was and
what to do about it I could see myself augering in.

On a practical note, I used to fly overgrossed aircraft from time to time. I've
also carried my share of ice. To suggest that I'd never stall/spin involves a
whole bunch of wishing.

I am reminded of a prospective pilot my employer was interviewing: what would he
do if he stumbled into a thunderstorm. Expecting the usual techniques, I was
surprised to hear him say: "I don't go into thunderstorms". My boss kept
pushing him on the subject: "Well, if you somehow did, what would you do?" The
prospect kept bleating he didn't fly in thunderstorms. Well, I don't either,
willingly, but sometimes they're hiding out there. He might as well have said
he didn't ever fly in real IFR. He didn't get the job.

I wonder what he'd have said if the boss asked him what would he do if the
aircraft entered a spin?



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

VE