Spring Spin Training Seminar

• Instructor: Bill Finagin
• Dates: Saturday and Sunday March 31, April 1.
• Rain dates: Saturday and Sunday April 14, 15.
• Place: The Flying-W Airport Resort (N14), Lumberton, NJ
• Schedule: Mandatory 8:00am Briefing and ground school instruction each day for that day's participants followed by individual training flights.
• Cost: $300
• Reservation deadline: March 12.

Spin training

Bill "Spin Doctor" Finagin's all day training session begins with preflight ground school where Bill explains spins, explores basic fundamentals of flight as they relate to aerobatics and debunks the "mystery" of spin types and "dangers."

Bill will thoroghly cover what to look at and what to look for so you will know just what to do when you fly. Since people will have various backgrounds, each participant will have the opportunity to "veto" any particular spin or maneuver that he or she deems that they would elect not to do; however, every person will be encouraged to "expand" their envelope of flying. Spins Bill will cover include, but not be limited to:

• upright spins
• acclerated spins
• flat spins
• inverted spins
• inverted flat spins
• crossover spins

Other important details

• Limited to seven students per day.
• Specify Saturday or Sunday preference, but we must have seven Saturday students before any flying on Sunday.
• One day minimum number of students is seven.
• Two day minimum number of students is eleven. Sign-ups after we have seven will be wait-listed until we have eleven.
• First to sign-up get preference for first to fly.
• Reservation deadline is March 12. Late-registrations will be accomodated if flying is scheduled and there are open slots.
• Full payment required by check or PayPal with sign-up, refunded only if:
  • we cancel flying.
  • someone else fills your slot.
  • you are wait-listed and not flown.
• Bill will conduct individual flights over the airport, at the Flying W, in waivered airspace to maximize instruction time. Participants will be encouraged to watch the aircraft from the ground when other people are flying.
• Contact organizer Mark Mattioli with any questions.

Chapter 52 strongly endorses spin training for all aerobatic pilots. It is essential. Please do not miss this opportunity to work with one of the finest instructors in the country. Non-aerobatic pilots may benefit as well.

Instructor Bill Finagin, CFI

Flying for over 50 years with more than 12000 hours logged, (Exactly how many will forever remain a mystery.) Bill became seriously a student of aerobatics in 1981 with the purchase of his first Pitts, an S1S. Then up to a "T" model in 1986. Winner of the Intermediate category at Fond du lac in both 1989 and 1990 along with twice winning the coveted Pitts Trophy he moved up to Advanced where he continues to compete presently.

Along the way Bill has managed to fly airshows with a surface altitude waiver and has been an "ACE" evaluator for the ICAS/FAA program since it's inception. More than 600 people have trained with Bill over the years with over 10,000 hours in the Pitts. While flying with people from all over the world including Finland, Germany, Italy, South Africa, and Japan, he has also instructed in Hawaii and Australia.