An Aviation Safety Staff Report

Most of us are familiar with the term “graveyard spiral” and the vast majority of us know how it can happen. The screaming spiral dive to oblivion typically begins with a subtle and unobtrusive entry into a bank that is below one’s ability to detect angular acceleration. But what if we told you that there is more to the graveyard spiral than most people realize? This does not involve any esoteric physics factoids, and we’re not going to subject you to a biomedical lecture either; this is just something that could save your life someday, simply because you armed yourself with a little knowledge. …