[crask422]

I finally registered here to get some opinions. Twenty years ago, I was taking lessons in So California. At about 18 hours, my instructor, who I was never comfortable with, said it was time for spins. I remember it quite well, Halloween night, 1986, over Pasadena, spinning and spinning. The whole time my instructor was giggling, almost hysterically, like he really got off on it. It was like a bad movie. Needless to say, he scared the hell out of me for two hours.

I would have done my solo the next week, but I never went back, all because of that nutjob. I have been wanting to fly ever since, but that is all I think about... that night.

My question is this, I always knew stalls were a required situation to master, but are spins that big a part of the program? Someone told me years later, that spins aren't required until commercial rating. From reading on here obviously I should have asked for a different instructor after that time, but I chose to quit instead. That was dumb.

I seem to have the bug again and my office is a few short blocks from Corona Municipal Airport. It seems like the time to retire from motocross and start flying. I was learning in a 20 year-old 172 at the time. Any suggestions on planes to learn in?

Glad to be here, sorry for the long first post.