| Back in 1992, after I had been flight
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| | retracting flaps ten degrees at a time.
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| instructing for a few years, I was in the
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| | Little did my student know that the plane
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| local FBO's office where I worked. I was
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| | had started to enter the spin when he
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| waiting for one of my students to come
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| | added full power. The result was a torque
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| back from a solo flight. When my student
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| | roll that placed the plane upside down at
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| came in, he looked as though he had just
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| | first, then continued to spin with the
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| seen a ghost. He was shaking and sweating
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| | help of the full-power setting. I didn't
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| I asked him what happened. The answer
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| | think that a 152 was capable of that, but
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| that I got was one that most flight
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| | sure enough, it was. So he pulled the
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| instructors would not want to hear: "I
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| | power and let go of it, recovering about
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| was practicing stalls in the practice
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| | 400 feet above the ground.
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| area, and all of a sudden I was upside
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| | I think every pilot out there should do
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| down, and then just spinning toward the
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| | some type of spin training. Now that I
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| ground I didn't know what to do, but I
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| | don't have an aerobatic airplane, I do a
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| heard your voice tell me to pull the
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| | flight that shows students how to enter
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| power back and just let go of the control
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| | and recover from the spin. This is not a
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| column, and the plane will stabilize."
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| | full spin lesson, but it shows the
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| If you know anything about small Cessnas,
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| | student what to expect. If the student
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| they tend to have a forward CG and will
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| | does get himself in trouble, I will let
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| recover if you just let go of the
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| | them go as long as I can.
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| controls for a second-that is, if you are
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| | When I had a Cessna 152 Aerobat, I would
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| not in a fully developed spin. So that is
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| | do spins and basic aerobatics with every
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| what the student did. Even more upsetting
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| | student who wouldn't put the plane over
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| was when he stated the fact that, once
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| | weight. Most students would be a little
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| the plane stopped spinning and the nose
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| | scared, but after the first of two
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| started to come up, the altimeter was
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| | flights, they couldn't wait to do the
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| reading about 1,800-1,900 feet.
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| | second one.
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| If you fly in the Phoenix area, you know
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| | If you can get up and do this before you
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| that the ground elevation is
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| | solo, I suggest not doing it in an extra
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| approximately 1,500 feet MSL. So my
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| | 300. Yes, it will be a fun time, but you
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| student recovered about 300 to 400 feet
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| | won't get the feel of the plane you are
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| about the ground. This is far below
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| | normally flying. If you can't do it in an
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| normal traffic patterns. Would you like
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| | Aerobat, try to get in a Citabria or
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| this to happen to you? Because it can
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| | Super Decathlon. Use a plane that will be
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| happen to you. Or would you rather have
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| | a little sluggish to simulate the plane
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| an instructor go over spin entries and
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| | you are training in.
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| recoveries with you?
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| | I personally thing all Student Pilots
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| I was taking aerobatic flight lessons at
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| | should have spin training.
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| the time and had practiced plenty of 3-
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| | Frederick Longe(Airfreddy) has been
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| to 4-turn spins, so I got the parachutes
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| | flying since 1985. He has owned many
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| on, and up we went. I started
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| | airplanes and owned a flight school in
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| demonstrating spins and spin entries, and
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| | Mesa, Arizona . He has logged over 9,000
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| he just kept saying, "Nope, that is not
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| | Hours of flight instruction alone. In
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| what happened." It finally dawned on me
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| | 1998 Longe was awarded one of the first
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| what had happened, and I asked him. Sure
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| | Master CFI Designations in the country by
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| enough, I had hit the nail on the head.
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| | the National Association of Flight
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| The spin my student got himself into was
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| | Instructors. He also has two degrees in
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| one of the worst cases you could imagine.
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| | Professional Aeronautics from Embry
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| He was practicing power-off stalls, so
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| | Riddle Aeronautical University.
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| the normal recovery procedure is to lower
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| | Longe is an active Flight Instructor and
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| the nose, add full power, and start
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