On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:06:51 -0700, Alan Baker
wrote:

If you take over the controls of an aircraft that someone has put into a
steep dive, you can't just yank the controls back to level it off,
either.

In a spin, the first thing to do is put your nose down to gain some
airspeed, so you have some control. (Some planes recover well from
spins, others don't).

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