tailwheel

[slipstreamsurfr]

after 6.1 hours, 32 landings...

It seems that my dance partner has now decided that I'm salvageable as a partner. With great patience she will undertake to teach me for quite a long time. Be wary of vixens with fabric wings my trike driving friends. Once she takes you in, you may never want to leave.

A tailwheel endorsement in my logbook is done.

Another world of aviation is open now to me, cubs and t-crafts, citabrias and decathlons, flybabys and champs, L-birds and so much much more. Golden age aviation at its best.

3.9 more hours and insurance will allow me to fly her solo.

I can't wait!

Comments

[kysh.livejournal.com]

How're wheel landings going? :> Those gave me a little trouble when I was learning. The first one I ever attempted was great.. the next four sucked.. then beautiful beautiful three times in a row. :>

Don't the citabrias slip nicely? :> I usually make a really nice tight pattern and slip all the way down final (Well, not quite all the way, but..)

-Kysh

[slipstreamsurfr.livejournal.com]

Wheel landings need more work. We did 7 yesterday, 4 were keepers, the other 3 were very not good. We both acknowledge that it's something we are going to keep working on. She said based on the 4 that were keepers (the first two, the last 2), and that I was good about converting to a 3 point when they went bad that she'd endorse me so I can log PIC for the rest of our dual together.

Yeah, she slips VERY nicely. I wonder why they put flaps on her. That's something else that I want to run through a few times while Carol is still in the back seat. We haven't even looked hard at the flaps. A friend of mine who use to have one tells me that with flaps and a slower approach speed I can expect to land in 200 to 300 feet solo in it. :) That's going to be very VERY nifty!

All and all it's been a great endorsement to get. I expect the citabria to teach me alot for quite a while. It's a whole other sort of flying.