TO SPIN or NOT TO SPIN WERE EARLY AVIATORS ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION? ยป By Kevin D. Murphy PLUS Watch a video tribute to the first intentional spins in aviation. CAPT. F.B. HENNESEY in a Curtiss biplane. He taught military pilots in College Park, Maryland. At a demonstration in San Diego, his foot got caught between the steering wire and a strut, and the biplane went into a spin. He was able to right the aircraft just 200 feet above the water. SEPTEMBER 2014 FLIGHT TRAINING / 41