This was the part of learning to fly that I would not have minded if my instructor waited until I was a little more experienced, but nevertheless it was fun once I got used to it.
We did not have time to do power on stalls so that is for next flight. We did power off stalls instead and this is supposed to give me practice in anticipating and dealing with stalls in the landing/approach configuration. There was not much to it if you follow instructions. The trick is to work the rudder and controls to keep the nose pointed to a constant heading. (Not very nice to change directions on approach. You can't land on a control tower...)
The spin practice is called "Spin awareness training" and I was told that a decade ago most instructors made you go through a fully developed spin (2-3 revolutions) but since then it has become normal to practice only the start of a spin, since for a PPL it is only important to know how it starts so you can AVOID IT ALL TOGETHER!! LOL.
Well the first spin was a little hairy because it DROPPED and my body just didn't know what to expect. Kind of like when you get to the top of a roller coaster and you take that first fall. But it only took that one and I actually got hooked on that feeling. My CFI is actually of the school of thought that everyone should practice spins so he told me we will do more developed spins some other time. Well that's about it here is a pic from the cockpit. Thanks again to ThrashN for showing me how to post pics.
