On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:06:24 -0500, GeorgeC
wrote:

I got my licence in 1972, but no spin training, not even a demo.

I did get a demo (1997) but my instructor at that time was a free
spirit. He taught the Marine way, not the airport way. Indeed, it was
that trial spin that convinced me that I should do the upset training
after I got my cert.