"...but I am not going to take this Lancair near a stall/spin, period."

What you really mean is that you're not going to know what to do when and if you stall 
because you've avoided the very simple training. All it takes is a little boo-boo in the 
traffic pattern and wham, there you are trying your first stall recovery at 500AGL. Some
keep the stick in their laps all the way to the ground.

Lancair says that spins are a no-no. 'nuf said about that, but stall training and slow flight training
are something else. You must be proficient to be a good pilot. It's so easy to fly out of a near stall
without any loss of altitude -- why die?

If you can't accomplish the private pilot PTS in your plane, please don't carry passengers since 
they have every reason to expect that you're fully qualified.

Bill Kennedy