How many Flight Instructors are afraid of tailwheel airplanes?

[kabz]

I went to a school called Texas Taildraggers. Most of the instructors were older types, all TW specialists, though one guy did prefer Bonanzas ... I saw one instructor come in white faced after failing to catch a student before the student nose-dived the a/c at a runway after a bounce. That would be scary in anything though.

Never saw one groundloop, though **my a/c** 86625 did have some nasty abrasions where a student had rubbed the end of the wing against the asphalt ... :o

I soloed and did most of my PPL in a Citabria.

Taught me a bit of respect for keeping it straight down the runways on landings. Otherwise, I did all the same sh*t everyone else does, dropping it in ("bring the stick back" Luke ...) etc.

Oddly enough, the nearest I got (touchwood) to ground looping the thing was on my private checkride, where it all got a bit swervey after possibly the worst softfield landing in the history of man ... ooh err

STILL PASSED THOUGH !!!!!!! ;-))

What about the question: "Are FIs afraid to fly gliders ?" Some of the ones I've met turn white when I talk about gliding ...