After a discussion here about spin training, and how it used to be a standard part of flight training, I decided to look into it, and found a training outfit out of Renton (KRNT). Will Allen is the headliner, but I ended up flying with his partner Rochelle (and thus in a Super Decathlon instead of Will's Pitts 2-seater).
Unfortunately, I didn't sleep well last night, so my lesson today was not as long as we had originally planned. We did two hours of ground and ended up only doing an hour of flying, but in that time we did three spins (two left and one right) before I got the sweats -- step one on the four-step path to airsickness, for me -- and we headed back. Fatigue kept me from doing the second flight we'd planned.
I appreciate the recommendations I got here, and I'm glad I'm doing this training. I still dislike acro pretty thoroughly, but who knows, maybe it'll click next time we go up and I'll get the appeal. I've certainly never been in control of the plane for any maneuver as relatively violent as entering a spin, so that was a good new experience.
Thanks for the recommendations and help!
Unfortunately, I didn't sleep well last night, so my lesson today was not as long as we had originally planned. We did two hours of ground and ended up only doing an hour of flying, but in that time we did three spins (two left and one right) before I got the sweats -- step one on the four-step path to airsickness, for me -- and we headed back. Fatigue kept me from doing the second flight we'd planned.
I appreciate the recommendations I got here, and I'm glad I'm doing this training. I still dislike acro pretty thoroughly, but who knows, maybe it'll click next time we go up and I'll get the appeal. I've certainly never been in control of the plane for any maneuver as relatively violent as entering a spin, so that was a good new experience.
Thanks for the recommendations and help!
