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Flying Story: Do I Need Spin Training?

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




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