1979 Cessna 152 For Sale on eBay
Up for auction is a pretty decent looking 1979 Cessna 152 for sale. This aircraft is being auctioned off on eBay. The auction ends on January 17th 2008 at 3PM PST. As of this moment ther have been 16 bidders and the total is up to $15,100.00 USD. The owner of this airplane has a 100% ebay feedback rating and has received a total of 378 reviews. That is a pretty good score card if you asked me. There is a reserve price set on the airplane which is understandable. The airplane is located in Monroe, Wisconsin. The seller is Shamrock Aircraft Sales, Inc. You can view the live auction here.
Cessna 152 Does 60 Turn Spins
I found an incredible video on YouTube of a pilot named Catherine Cavagnaro. She is a flight trainer and operator from the Ace Aerobatic School. In this video, she performs 60 turn spins in her Cessna 152 Aerobat. As you watch the video you can hear her sound off the number of spins. At times it almost seems like you can hear a little bit of anxiousness in her voice. I would be a little anxious too! As she counts the total numbers of spins, her altitude gets lower and lower. By the time she hits 60 turns, her plane was really low. Her skills were really illustrated when she demonstrated how quickly she recovered from the maneuver. Check out the video, this girl can fly!
The video is actually used as a demonstration for Ace Aerobatic School’s Spin Course Training.
The spin course covers spin theory, efficient recovery and typical flight situations that lead to inadvertent spins. Recoveries by instruments, emergency spin recovery procedures and a twenty turn spin may be included. The course may serve as a spin sign-off for the aspiring flight instructor as required by 14 CFR 61.183. With approximately three hours of ground school and two flights, this is normally a one-day course for one or two people. The Cessna Aerobat provides a solid and safe trainer for spins. - Aerobatic Spin Training
Ace Aerobatic School is operated by flight instructor Catherine Cavagnaro who holds CFI-I certificates in both single- and multi engine land airplanes. She is also a Professor of Mathematics at the University of the South and chairs the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Catherine has served as a spin demonstration pilot at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) as well as on research and flight testing teams for the aircraft icing project using the UTSI variable-stability Navion. Not only is Catherine Cavagnaro a CFI-I single engine and multi engine certified flight instructor, but she is also the operator of the Ace Aerobatic School. In addition to flying, Catherine Cavagnaro is also a Professor of Mathematics at the University of the South where she also chairs the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. It’s no doubt that I would find her videos on YouTube. She is a person well ahead of the times. At the University of Tennessee Space Institute, she has served as a demonstrator in turn spinning. The Aircraft Owner’s and Pilot’s Association featured Ace Aerobatic School in its August 2006 issue and published two associated multimedia presentations.
