Steep spiral question

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"The steep spiral is not only a valuable flight training maneuver, but it has practical application in providing a procedure for dissipating altitude while remaining over a selected spot in preparation for landing, especially for emergency forced landings."

I know, Midlife, and I didn't mean to ignore that practical application, but I wanted to emphsize the MAIN OBJECTIVE of the maneuver is GOOD GLIDE CONTROL which is indicated in the first part of the sentence "valuable flight traning maneuver". I have noticed over the years, since this maneuver was removed from the PTS that most pilots (private and commercial) have 3 hour student pilot proficiency in gliding turns. The steep spiral and the 180 power off that was added is basiclly to re-institute training in gliding turns, which of course becomes important in the event of an emergency landing, but also in all basic flying maneuvers.