On 8 May 2004 21:24:58 -0700, (Mike) wrote:

About the decision to remove spins from the curriculum some years
ago,they could change the minimum altitude for recovery from 1500' AGL
to 3000' and cut down on the majority of accidents occurring in spin
training.

When I did a spin course, these were the precautions we took:

I wore a parachute and had a seat belt in addition to the integrated
seat beat / shoulder harness.

The altimeter was set to field altitude.

Flight altitude was 4,000 feet (agl of course).

(I wasn't entirely sure that I could have exited the front seat of the
Great Lakes in a spin with two seat belts to undo, but it was nice to
know they had my well-being in mind.)


all the best -- Dan Ford
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