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Old 24th May 2019, 07:16
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Although I had a PPL only on Cessna 150s before I joined the RAF, converting to the delightful Chipmunk at White Waltham was relatively straightforward. Mainly because it had plenty of grass runways, so crosswinds were rarely an issue.

We were only taught the 3-point landing technique though. Which meant that landing on the tarmac runway (I think that only the main runway was still in use at that time) at RAF Thorney Island during my first summer camp in 1970 required me to relearn how to land a Chipmunk and to 'fly' it on the ground until it stopped - hopefully still pointing in the correct direction!

So think carefully about LAPL/PPL training on a tailwheel aeroplane - and whether the aerodrome has sufficient runways (preferably grass) to avoid you having to stay on the ground whilst tricycle aeroplanes are able to fly.
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