MPB

You raise some very interesting points. As someone who has NOT done any indepth practice on stalls / spins / spiral dives - only to the "incipient" stage, I have been seriously considering finding an instructor with the right rating and A/C in order to expand my skill set. I wonder if that fact that RA-Aus registered A/C are not allowed to perform intentional "aerobatic" maneuvers is a factor here? Thanks for your post :)

Consider taking some gliding instruction. Stall and spin training is conducted routinely. Its an annual requirement.

Been there twice, and I've laid turf from there, it's plenty supportive as the trucks well prove.

 

 

Spin training maybe? Plane failure at a guess as he was calling an emergency in whereas you would think he would be too busy fighting the plane to call it in if it was functioning normally?

 

However it seems to me to be yet another case where a BRS could be cited as being a posible aid to the situation. This was a highly trained pilot in a very well maintained aircraft, as was the glider a few weeks ago killing 2, as was the one that spun in a few weeks before that killing the student, so much for the anti-BRS protagonists who cite these 2 factors for not needing a BRS. I have never had a situation to need a seatbelt in my car, I ain't going to stop wearing it either, no one drives or flies expecting to have an accident.

By All reports the glider was on final 30 to 40 feet. A BRS would not be effective in that context.