You know, I really don't know which of my steam/vacuum/electric gauges did much good.  I remember fighting the A/P, then dumping it, (this took a bit to scan and realize I was in deep caca), (probably 3 or 4 seconds), the gyro, understandably had tumbled, airspeed nil, turn coordinator pegged.. then  pulled power to idle, kinda neutralized the stick and aerilons, and tramped hard on the rudder the way that reduced the G forces, rotation stopped, airspeed built up and I rember my Spin insturctor impressing on me to pull out slowly .. I did and it was a non "event"... I really believe the rote training that was impressed on me by an instructor named John Brittain over Lake Mathews,CA a long time ago were what saved the day.  John, wherever you are, THANKS  Don Skeele N320J
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> From: <dskeele@bellsouth.net>
> Date: 2006/11/11 Sat PM 01:40:41 EST
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> Subject: [LML] Down anywhere !!
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>      As one of the few  Lancair pilots  to sucessively recover form a inadvertant stall/spin event and in IMC..let me plead with everyone to get SPIN training.  I certainly don't ascribe to my event as a badge of honor, but rather a ROTE/JUST DO IT/Scared S--TLESS event.  Everything goes to hell in a handbasket abruptly and quite violently, I was climbing out of Camarillo ,CA thru a marine layer bases 2000' ,tops 5500"+ entoute to ElMonte,CA. APC amended my clearance and upon transmitting a reply, it happened.. a "hard up" on the A/P, a momentary scan lapse (certainly), a pull back on the stick as I transmitted, who knows, but the spin training I had had years ago in a T-34 made all the difference. Power off, stick neutral, fight the rotation with rudder.  We went in the about 5500' and I recovered just below the cloud base at 1900"  APC took me out over the ocean to complete the "On Top"(don't blame "em) and me and 320J went on to do the VOR APC the ElMonte OK
>      My reason for all of the above is to plead with all of us to carry a few more knots on approaches until in ground effect.  I don't let the airspeed  bleed off below 100 kts until on final.  How many times have you had to tighten the turn to final, especially with a cross wind,  to find an abnormal sink rate,  Gang, in my 235/320 anyway, you' re half way to a statistic.  Regards to all  Don Skeele N320J in FL..  
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