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Spin
(I wished that I didn't see that show)
I was flipping through channels the other day and I came across a show called, Real TV. They did a story about a plane crash. They showed this because one of passengers survived. He or she parachuted out of a spinning aircraft. The amateur video showed the family having a barbeque at the airport. All of sudden, the video looked into air and the plane appeared to be in an erect spin (a six-seated Piper). The video caught the plane doing at least 5 spins before disappearing behind the building. At one point, the video caught a glimpse of person jumping and pulling a chute out. I didn't pay attention to that detail. What bother me the most is the pilot inability to recover from that spin. During training, I was told that erect and inverted spin are recoverable. And in event of those spins, I was told that with proper action, you can break clear in two spins with few hundred feet to bring plane to level. I have been in an inverted spin demonstrated by an instructor during training. I do not remember much of detail because I was caught off-guard with the weightless moment. Now, the show prompted me to consider taking some sort of spinning and recovering training. Am I being overacting or paranoid? Toks Desalu And I wonder why they FAA removed spin training as requirement in early years? I know the planes today are 'difficult' to get into spin but, it can happen. |
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