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Old 5th Oct 2000, 00:33
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skyvan
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I have to admit, as an instructor, I really enjoy doing initial taildragger training. It always sorts out the loudmouth/yuppie pilot from those who really want to learn to fly these tricky little beasts.
One of the funniest times was an arrogant prat who managed to con a local survey company into loaning him one of their C180s for his conversion. He couldn't even taxi it to the holding point! After 2 hours of pure humiliation, we decided that he would stick to more "modern" aircraft.
Although, those pilots are not too common now. The braggarts want to fly high and fast, those who love to fly cope well with the Citabria and Cub, for their introduction to fun flying.