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Old 27th December 2011 | 10:27
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foxmoth
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Every approach, to be fair, is eventually followed by the aeroplane being stationary on the ground. The shape and location of that stationary aeroplane is the matter in question.

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Ghengis, you should know better! A crappy approach should be followed by a GA instead of an arrival (there are those of course with the experience to convert a poor approach to a good landing - these are normally experienced instructors), but NO approach should end with the aircraft in anything other than a fly able aircraft.

As far as:-
These days there is a certain amount of very poor tailwheel training on the market, so be careful whom you go to. For preference, go to a high hours career instructor. All too commonly, club instructors don't teach the wheeler landing technique and some don't even teach crosswind landing at all, which is SCANDALOUS.

Remember also that some tail-draggers are easier than others to taxi or land. The Tiger Moth and the Cub are easy, however the Auster for example was a bugger.
I certainly agree with the first bit, never had a problem landing an Auster though (and I have flown a few in my time), never was a great fan of them though.
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