jcarlyle wrote:
I'm a new PPG in the USA, and although I wasn't taught in an
"unspinnable" glider...we never did that....

It was thoroughly drummed into me how to initiate spin recovery
when the nose was dropping and a wing was low.

...I would categorically state that if I had ever found myself
in a spin...I would definitely have gotten out of it
(assuming I had the height)....

There has never been any time during my flying career
that I haven't been paying attention to my flying.

...the training I received resulted in me having automatic reflexes....

The ASK-21 is "unspinnable"? Wouldn't matter.


Wow John,

Congratulations today on completion of your sixth month as a rated pilot.

It's good to have faith in yourself, your training, and your ship. Try
to keep an open mind concerning all three, though, because eventually
each of those faiths -- and quite possibly all three at once -- will be
tried, whether on your very next flight, or on your 10,000th.

Here's hoping you make 10,000 -- and that I'm around to see it.


Jack
(still working on my first 100 hrs, in gliders)