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All slow flight training must be done at a safe altitude. The emphasis on slow flight is familiarity with aircraft handling near stall speed, intentionally stal
by cmurf 10y ago
All slow flight training must be done at a safe altitude. The emphasis on slow flight is familiarity with aircraft handling near stall speed, intentionally stalling it so you can practice proper recovery. There is already a failure if you stall, and then there's a second failure if you don't immediately recover. A stall spin at low altitude requires three failures: stall, stalling at low altitude, improper recovery which then leads to entering the spin (one wing with more developed stall condition than the other).
- mikeash 10y agoRight, but with a Cirrus, a stall with an improper recovery that leads to a spin results in a totaled aircraft even at high altitude. The big red handle will save the lives of those onboard, but the insurance company buys the plane as soon as you pull it.