Originally Posted by
Step Turn
I was chatting with a learned colleague today, and he mentioned that US pilots tend to wheel land, and UK pilots tend to three point (with Canadians inevitably stuck in between).
I can't say I have ever noticed any general bias toward wheel landings on the part of US pilots and my experience with 2 UK pilots was 50/50. Flying the Citabria; one almost always thee pointed and the other almost always wheeled it on.
When teaching the tailwheel conversion I always start with three point and only go to the wheel landing when those have been mastered. Personally I tend to 3 point the small taildraggers and wheel land the bigger ones with the cross over at about C 185 size.