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Old 2nd Apr 2007, 02:19
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Wombat35
 
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Agree with most of the comments.

As a tailwheel only instructor (most of the time anyway) Compleat is a great start. The other point that I recommend is get to know your aircraft on the ground so that you can focus on flying and most importantly pick the right type of aircraft to learn on. There are taildraggers and there are old aircraft without a nosewheel that are squirrely a real handful that have had the crap beaten out of them and more broken noses than an all black prop!

As an example try and fly with an instructor who owns the taildragger... you will have more fun and don't hurry the learning process, it all takes time, especially wheelers on the seal.

Cheers

Wombat
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