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Old 18th Apr 2013, 21:15
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Chuck Ellsworth
 
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This conversation should be had more often among pilots.

The fear of teaching wheel landings is astonishing, the wheel landing is the best method of maintaining control during difficult x/wind landings and if for no other reason than safety, teaching proper wheel landings is more important than teaching the three point landing......if you are only going to teach one method.

To measure the flying ability of flight instructors in the training industry today asking every instructor if they can teach the wheel landing in basic tail wheel aircraft will bring some interesting statistics......

........maybe 10% of today's flight instructors have that basic flying skill?

Makes one wonder what other skills they lack doesn't it?

If you are concerned your prop may be in danger of hitting the ground doing wheel landings just put the prop in the vertical position and raise the tail until it touches the ground........you may be surprised at how high you have to raise the tail in most small tail wheel airplanes.
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