The Fun Stuff!
The Importance and Excitement of Spin Training
Stalling, spinning, recovery and teaching and learning those skills.
Flight training has so many variables that, for the non-pilot, it can seem like a
daunting information overload with books, charts, computers, mechanics and skill
development all wrapped into a condensed learning period. Spin training skills, or
"stall awareness, spin entry, spins, and spin recovery procedures," are arguably some of
the most important natural abilities a pilot can learn, and it is also one of the most
exciting and fun parts of flight training.
Academy of Aviation CFI Raghda Radwan.
The Importance
In order to become a Certified Flight Instructor, spin training is a mandatory part of the
education.
"Every CFI has done spins to be a CFI. Spins are part of the curriculum for teaching new
CFI's,"
says
Frank D'Elia, the Vice President of Operations for the
Academy
of Aviation. "It does take some experience."
Intentional spin entry and recovery is described and broken down by blogger Swayne Martin,
who
presents
the many different types of stalls and spins, and gives us a detailed look at recovery with
the
"PARE"
technique. You can read about stalls, spins and the blueprint for recovery on his blog.
Pilots,
who
weighed in about the article in the comments section, unanimously agree about the importance of spin
training.
The Excitement
Spinning a plane, especially when you are relaxed, confident and know what you are doing and
how
to
handle the airplane, can be exhilirating and generally a lot of fun. Academy of
Aviation
CFI
Raghda Radwan tells us, "It's a very incomparable feeling. At first you're
anxious,
you don't
know what to expect; but once you do the first one and the adrenaline's kicking, you don't
want
to stop!"
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