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From: "Peter A. O'Sullivan" <paosulli at ptes.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 15:07:08 UTC
I have yet to compete....my day will come.....but about 6 months ago I read a flurry of comments about how to make acro and aviation safer. Isn't there some sort of qualifying checklist that and entrant in basic or sportsman might have to pass before being allowed to complete? I can recover from inverted spins, and I would not think of allowing someone to execute a hammer (solo) without being competent at same. It seems like such a obviously needed requirement. You need to pass a number of steps before you take an FAA flight test , why would it not be simular to complete in 'low level' acro? PeterO >>> Stephen E. Billester <103137.1556 at CompuServe.COM> - 10/11/96 4:46 AM >>> I was doing sloppy hammerheads for a long time before I understood that if you get over onto your back on the upline, you're probably going to spin inverted (negative angle of attack, stick forward, full rudder). I don't think most basic pilots will be prepared for this. I wasn't, I was just lucky; frankly I don't think my original instructors (non-IAC, twenty years ago) were even aware of the possibility. And it DOES happen. A couple of years ago I watched an S2B in Sportsman spin inverted from a poor over-on-the-back hammerhead. The safety pilot recovered and the flight was zeroed. When I occasionally do akro training I introduce hammers after the person is well oriented, can do a decent up-line and AFTER they've demonstrated inverted spin recovery. ##Steve Billester