…and Flight Instructor training, and upcoming upset recovery training for ATP from 2018…
That is not true, at least for Germany, Of course an instructor who has an aerobatic rating is allowed to do spins with you.
It also wouldn’t surprise me that Germany has a better safety record with respect to stall/spin accidents. Spin recovery is so type specific that basic spin training may not be that useful. Incipient spin training may be a case where it is indeed useful, as recovery before the aircraft enters stable autorotation should be close to universal – outside of the old skool approach to Vmc training.
I try to do a little slow flight and/or maneuvering on many flights for proficiency, and consider it absolutely necessary. Spinning is always a possibility and not knowing how to recover being ‘normal’ is a joke. You’re not yet a pilot if that is the case.
Alexis wrote:
That is not true, at least for Germany, Of course an instructor who has an aerobatic rating is allowed to do spins with you.
I would second that – our club has completed spin trainings, the last one in May this year.
so, yes, you can get training for that.
I think I’ve come close once, and it was turning base to final in the pattern…
Everything in me said, “GTFO of that NOW!” and I took drastic action.
What I felt was something like starting to slide in a sports car, where I would instinctively let off the gas…
In this case, I instinctively firewalled the throttle,dove and straightened out to gain speed. (basically just ‘snapped out’ of it).
All that being said, I’ve never done spin training, as it was already eliminated when I got into flying, so I don’t really know what it feels like. I’m taking a WAG.
It felt like my plane was about to slip out of the sky, like sideways, and it didn’t feel good…
Is that about how it goes? Or did I experience something else?
Would this be a nice family plane?
http://www.planecheck.com?ent=da&id=38629
At the given price I could probably afford to buy and run it together with one or two others. Equipment looks nice to my untrained eye. Engine needs to be overhauled quite soon though, AFAIK.
Can’t one go past 2k hrs in Germany? If the engine has good compressions and good oil analysis etc, and has no obvious suspect dormant periods, it is normal to do that.
It has 8.33 and AFAICT Mode S. The GPS is truly ancient but if you fly VFR then you can navigate with one of the tablet apps.
No doubt others here will have other input.
I don’t know many about 182, but as I was looking for a family plane for me, Cessna’s big singles appear to be a good compromise between performance and accessibility for a low hour pilot. The mechanic who help me thinks they are pretty reliable with a good avaibility for parts.
I ended purchasing a 206 a few months ago.
