Spin Resume

Rich estimates that he has performed in excess of 33,000 spins of one turn or more (traveling the equivalent of more than 1,560 vertical miles while spinning!) in 220+ single-engine airplanes, representing the following types:

Low-Wing Aircraft

Beech T-34 Mentor
Chipmunk DHC-1B
Micco SP-26A
Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk
Vultee BT-13

Experimental/Homebuilt
Alpi Microlight Jay Hawk
Furio LN-27RG
Giles G-202
MX Technologies MX-2
RV-6, RV-6A, RV-8
Russian Yak-54

Foreign-Built
Bavarian Grob G115 C1
Canadian DHC-1B Chipmunk
Czechoslovakian Zlin 142, 242
German Extra 300, 300L
Italian Siai Marchetti SF260
Japanese AeroSubaru FA-200
Swiss FFA AS 202 Bravo

High-Wing Aircraft

Bolkow Junior
Cessna 150, A150, 152, A152
Cessna 172, 177B Cardinal
Cessna T-41
Citabria 7ECA, 7GCAA, 7GCBC, 7KCAB
Decathlon 8KCAB (Standard, CS, & Super)
Piper J-3 Cub, Piper Super Cub

Biplanes

Boeing Stearman (220 hp Continental & 300 hp Lycoming)
DeHavilland Tiger Moth
Great Lakes 2T-1A-2
Pitts S-2A, S-2B, S-2C
Waco YMF-5

Experimental/Homebuilt
Akro Sport II
Christen Eagle II
Great Lakes 2T-1A-K
Pitts S-1
Starduster, Skybolt
Wichawk