I have experienced the RAF and the civil way of training on light aircraft.
I AM GLAD I DID!
I am glad that the RAF taught me to fly, instead of a civvy club. I am glad that I had that experience.
I am a better pilot for it, in whatever I fly, I know how to handle my aircraft and what will happen to my aircraft in all stages of flight, I.E I was taught full aerobatics. This makes me much more confident than people who have only done the JAA PPL….however they think its wonderful to barrel roll….well it is, they should try cuban 8’s!
I was also taught MUCH more indepth about stalls and stall conditions, and had MUCH more practise at said manouveres. I also had more practise at emergency landings…..in fact I HAD practise at forced landings with the RAF.
At no point in the civvy club I served out a scholarship with did the instructor advise me on spins….perhaps they would be saved for an aero’s course, but not the point, if you are sideslipping on an approach and you have some kind of gust or windshear it is still easy to spin an aeroplane, you can spin it in a climbing turn at slow speed……put in the right conditions all aircraft will spin, whether they come out in 1 or 5 turns the fact is they will loose height and forward flying speed rapidly.
YOU SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO REACT TO A SPIN, NOT JUST THE PRECONDITIONS.
who ever you are.
it is a precondition of going solo in a glider……..why not a powered aircraft?…..gliders are just as difficult to get out of a spin once they are in one….yet people have to know how to.
coanda
PS sorry, feel quite strongly about this…..
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