[Ol' Dan Tucker]

The FAA teaches the acronym “PARE” to help pilots remember how to recover from a spin and spin recovery technique.

All spins start with a stall. A stall occurs when the critical angle of attack of the wings are exceeded. A stall can happen at any speed.

A spin happens when a yaw component is introduced to a stall.

Some airplanes, such as the Grumman line of private aircraft, (Yankee, Traveler, Cheetah, Tiger, etc.) are incapable of recovering from a spin. They are very difficult to enter a spin due to the lack of rudder below the horizontal stabilizer. This same design feature also makes it nearly impossible to recover from a spin, once it develops, even when following PARE procedures.

[Reeses]

Some airplanes, such as the Grumman line of private aircraft, (Yankee, Traveler, Cheetah, Tiger, etc.) are incapable of recovering from a spin.

Grumman added a placard that read: THIS AIRCRAFT CANNOT DO SPINS

At least one, that aircraft most certainly can.