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Why don’t American Pilots do Spin training?

March 6, 2023
Steve Thorne
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In this episode, Jason shoots some great B-Roll of what was honestly not planned to be an episode. I took Chris (an American instrument rated commercial pilot) for his first exposure to Spins (and initial #Aerobatics).

In Canada, our initial training covers spins (I actually did spins in a glider before going solo).

We captured some great stuff and decided to share from Chris’ point of view.

Jason does Digital Marketing for longtime supporters of the channel, Infinite Flight. He uses Infinite Flight and ForeFlight to brief trips like this one, especially when there will be a high workload into a new place. On this trip, we visited Sporty’s Pilot Shop to meet up with Jon Ostrower and Thomas and Dwight Nield of Yawman Flight. Yawman is coming to market this year with their gamepad specifically designed for flight simulators, the Arrow. The Yawman crew demoed the Arrow using Infinite Flight, X-Plane, and MSFS2020. Future episodes will cover the IFR #Flying to get there, and show more of the Yawman Arrow.

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I am a “weekend warrior” private pilot, I fly for fun with no intentions of going commercial. I have had my PPL for over 15 years, but still consider each flight a learning experience – I generally take detailed notes after each flight to remind myself what went well or what I could do to improve…. Having the GoPro cameras to record flights like this is invaluable. I find these self analysis videos very helpful in my constant quest to improve, and am happy to share.

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