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If you do spin training? read this story of mine and you decide for yourself:

Back in 1992, after being loaded for a few years, I was in the local FBO's office where I worked. I expected one of my students returned from a solo flight. When my students arrived, it seemed he had just seen a ghost. He was shaking and sweating, I asked him what happened. The response I had was one that most flight instructors do not want to hear: "I was practicing stalls in practice, and all of a sudden I was inverted, then spinning to the ground, I do not know what to do, but I heard your voice telling me to take the power back and let go of the control column, and the aircraft will level off. "

If you know something small Cessna, they tend to have a CG of the front and back if you just release the controls for a second that is, if you're not in a fully developed spin. So what the student did. Even more upsetting when it has been said about the fact that once the aircraft was stopped and the nose began to rise, the altimeter was reading about 1.800 to 1.900 feet.

If you fly into the Phoenix area, you know that the ground elevation is about 1,500 feet MSL. So, my student has recovered approximately 300-400 feet on the ground. This is far below the normal traffic. Do you think this happens to you? Because it can happen to you. Or would you rather have an instructor go spin entries and recoveries with you?

I took lessons in aerobatics at the time and had practiced a lot of 3-4 turn rotates, so I'm on parachutes, and we went up. I have begun to demonstrate spins and spin entries, and he kept saying, "No, this is not what happened." Finally, it dawned on me what had happened, and I asked him. I had indeed hit the nail on the head.

The spin my student was placed in one of the worst cases you can imagine. He practiced stalls turned off, the normal procedure if recovery is to lower the nose, add the total power and begin to retract the flaps ten degrees at a time.

Little does my student know that the plane had started to go into a spin when he added full power. The result has been a roller couple who placed the plane upside down at first, then continued to run with the help of the development at full power. I do not think a 152 was capable of that, but sure enough it was. He removed the power and let go, the recovery of approximately 400 feet above the ground.

I think every driver should be there some type of training spin. Now that I'm not an airplane aerobatics, I am a flight that shows students how to enter and exit the spin. This is not a great turn, but it shows the student what to expect. If the student does not cause him trouble, I'll let them go as I can.

When I was a Cessna 152 aerobatic, I'd do spins and aerobatics basis with all students who would not fly above the weight. Most students would be a little scary, but after the first of two flights, they could not wait to do the second.

If you can get up and do before you solo, I suggest not to do in the 300 additional. Yes, this is a moment of pleasure, but you will not get the sensation of the aircraft you normally fly. If you can not do in a aerobatic, try to get in a Citabria Super Decathlon or. Use a plane that will be a bit slow to simulate the training plan you in.