Sleeve Wing, very true.
The only point I was trying to make was that a conversion course of say 5 hours seems a touch excessive to teach a qualified pilot how to fly a taildragger. This, of course would depend on the pilot's experience and the a/c type etc. Saying that, I was fortunate enough to start my flying career on taildraggers, so I never had to make that transition-I'll get me coat then!
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