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Also what percentage of you out there do practice them on your own?

I used to practice "approach" stalls at least once a year. Of course, one of
those occassions would be the flight review every two years. I never practiced
departure stalls because it's extremely difficult (for me at least) to get a
lightly loaded Maule to stall at full power without running the risk of an
inadvertent "hammerhead" or tail slide. The CFIs from whom I took flight reviews
would also get uncomfortable with the deck angle when we tried it and we'd
usually wind up faking it by pulling the power a bit. That's even when I slowed
to near-stall speed in level flight before adding power and raising the nose.

George Patterson
"Naked" means you ain't got no clothes on; "nekkid" means you ain't got
no clothes on - and are up to somethin'.