Hello Nigel,

I would recommend that you acquire a book called, "Stalls, Spins, and Safety", written by a man named Sammy Mason. The book is out of print but you can easily acquire a copy through Amazon.com. It is the best treatise that I have ever seen on both airplane design considerations and piloting technique related to stalls and spins. Mr. Mason was a renouned exhbition pilot and later Lockheed test pilot, specializing in spin testing. The book is written so that the layman can understand it. I believe I paid about $15 for a very good condition copy.

Dick Fischer