155 Spins and Stalls Explained - Interview with Catherine Cavagnaro
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🗓️ 9 July 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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155 Spins and Stalls Explained - Interview with Catherine Cavagnaro
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155 Dr. Catherine Cavagnaro talks about how not everything you’ve been taught about lift or spins may be true! She debunks a common theory of lift and explains the difference between slipping stalls and skidding stalls and which is more dangerous. You’ll learn how spin recovery varies in different aircraft. She also explains how wake turbulence begins at much slower speeds than taught by the FAA.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk, a weekly show with relevant news and flying |
| 0:05.9 | tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. I'm Max Ruscott. Pilots need to know |
| 0:10.9 | about aerodynamics, but unfortunately not everything you've been taught about lift or spins may be true. |
| 0:16.9 | But to get to the truth in a moment, we'll be talking with spin expert, Dr. Catherine Kavignaro. |
| 0:21.9 | Now, last week in episode 154, we talked about the FAA's hazardous attitudes and a class B violation. |
| 0:28.7 | So if you miss that episode, you may want to check it out at AviationNewsTalk.com slash 154. |
| 0:34.7 | This week I videotaped our conversation with Catherine Kavignaro, and in that video, I'll be |
| 0:39.1 | including some footage from Catherine's YouTube videos on stalls and spins. |
| 0:43.5 | If you'd like to see that video, subscribe now on YouTube to our Aviation News Talk channel, |
| 0:48.6 | and you'll be notified when I post the video. |
| 0:51.0 | And of course, you'll find a link to that YouTube channel in our show notes |
| 0:54.4 | at AviationNewstalk.com slash 155. And at the very end of this show, I'll tell you how you can |
| 1:01.2 | support this show financially as this is a listener-supported show. And we greatly appreciate your |
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| 1:18.2 | You're going to love this episode with Catherine, and you won't want to miss future shows. |
| 1:22.2 | Now here's our conversation with Catherine Kavignaro. |
| 1:25.9 | And now let me tell you a little bit about Catherine. |
| 1:28.2 | She is an expert on spins, aerobatics, and upset recovery techniques. |
| 1:32.3 | She learned from and also taught with the spin doctor and aviation author William Kirchner. |
| 1:37.6 | He once performed 25 consecutive spins in a Cessna 152, |
| 1:42.1 | but Catherine went on to outdo him breaking that record by performing |
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