There's not really a huge difference. About the only
thing I did under the guise of unusual attitude recovery
that isn't part of normal acro is recovery from extreme
nose-up attitude. In fact my instructor said that the
main difference is the name: some people are scared of
the idea of doing acro so don't call it acro if you
want them to be customers.

John

Jay Beckman wrote:
Hello,

I'm a newly minted PP-ASEL and I'm making a "wish list" of things that can
make me a better, safer pilot.

One of the things I'm very interested in is learning more about dealing with
unusual attitudes and recovering from same.

Would there be advantages to enrolling in a purpose-built "Upset Recovery"
course instead of say, just popping over to the local FBO and scheduling a
hop in a Great Lakes or Decathlon to experience spins and spin recovery?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this matter.

Jay Beckman
Chandler, AZ
PP-ASEL