At 09:57 AM 23/09/04 +1000, you wrote:
>It�s been noticed in this thread that all Polish gliders to spin. This is,
I believe reflected
>in the way Polish glider pilots are trained.
>Being fully trained Polish pilot (mid 70�) and having flown in Australia
for more than 10
>years, I though I might share my experience.
>
>Firstly, every trainee pilot in Poland receives full spinning and spin
recovery training
>before going solo. Actually completion of this stage is a pre-requisite of
going solo.
>
>Secondly, a spin is considered and thought to be an aerobatic figure. To
spin a glider,
>you are instructed to keep normal, level attitude, and then close to the
pre-stall speed,
>you pull on the stick and initiate rudder action in the desired direction
of spin and hold
>it back thorough the spin. When recovering, emphasis is to recover in a
pre-chosen
>direction, usually, one or two full revolution. This is what you would be
expected to do
>when asked to spin by a Polish instructor. I do not quite recall
practicing incipient
>spins as much as it is done in Australia.
>
>Every instructor in Australia I flew with was somewaht dismissive of the
above method
>of initiating a spin, unless I told up-front what I was about to do.
>
>In Poland, part of Silver C training (in Poland rating called, glider
pilot class 2) includes
>aerobatics training: spinning, loops and wing-overs. This is done in a
two-seater
>(Bocian, Puchacz) and a single-seater, now day Junior, I did it in Mucha 100.
>
>Part of class 1 glider pilot training includes advanced aerobatics which
includes slow
>rolls and snap rolls and linking all aerobatic figures. This is done in
Puchacz.
>
>Converting to a new aircraft in Poland requires three flights; one of them
includes
>mandatory spinning and aerobatics.
>
>I am not trying to prove which system is better. Here in Australia we fly
such a variety
>of gliders with completely different spinning characteristics that it is
perhaps hard to
>device a standard approach for all of them and admittedly I do not hear
about as many
>spinning accidents as I used to Poland, however, I think the Polish system
makes the
>pilot more comfortable with spinning.
Thanks Jarek, now do we have anyone here who knows what is done in Germany
and the US?
Mike
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