THREE TURN SPIN  The plane establishes a heading by flying straight and level, pulls up into a stall and commences the spin through one, two, three turns and recovers to level flight on the same heading as the initial flight direction.  The judge must watch carefully to be sure this is a spin and not a vertical roll or spiral dive in the spin, some part of the plane always intersects an imaginary vertical line along the path of descent.  In the spiral dive, the plane circles round, but outside of, the imaginary vertical line.

Downgrades:

1. Initial heading not level

2. Commencement of first spin is sloppy or uncertain

3. Does not do exactly three turns.  Less than two or more than four turns shall be scored zero

4. Does not recover on same heading as initial heading

5. If any of the three turns are spiral dives rather than spins, the score is zero

6. Rate of rotation in spin is excessively rapid

7. Does not finish level

8. Does not fly straight and level for 50 feet