The Dreaded Spin: Overcoming Fear and Learning a New Skill

The point of this video is to not tell everyone to go out and attempt spins without formal training. Everyone has differing acceptable levels of risk and I understand that attempting a spin on your own without an instructor has a higher level of inherent risk. Although I was comfortable mitigating and accepting those risks, I understand that is not a wise path for everyone and there are other ways that are arguably much better ways to go about it. However, I share the experience to point out that there are things that we all fear and many times we have a tendency to avoid them, which can lead us to positions that are not desirable, sometimes even downright dangerous.

I was avoiding the spin because of fear, and the point could be made that I was avoiding it too long and the spin should have been something I tackled well before I did any aerobatics (and to that point I say: Fair Enough). But the fact remains that eventually, instead of avoiding because of fear, I intentionally went out and educated myself on everything about spins, practiced as much as I could on the ground and in the cockpit beforehand, and then went up and performed the maneuver without any issue. Hopefully my experience helps others conquer their fear about spins (or anything else for that matter) and become better, safer pilots.

Because after all, I'm just an average person, if I can do it; imagine what you can do.

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