Originally Posted by VFE
Remember KISS folks and convert to the more interesting gear once you've got your licence. At my school we cover taildragging and often get asked the question about doing a PPL in a taildragger and the response from experience is - get yer licence on something like a C152 then convert. Cheaper too.
Why does the experienced advice say learn in a tricycle then convert to taildragger? Surely if you learn on a taildragger you will find converting to tricycle easy whereas doing it round the other way the conversion is more difficult? Like learning to drive a manual instead of an automatic.
Last edited by JBGA; 18th Jun 2008 at 23:30.
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