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Old 26th Jul 2012, 05:38
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Tail wheel and Aeros Ottawa

HI Prunes
I am intending on being in Ottawa for a couple of weeks shortly and was looking for some tail wheel and aerobatic instruction preferably in a Decathlon. I have been in contact with Rockcliffe Flying School and they seem quite interesting and may have all I need.
Has anybody any suggestions as other possibilities in the Ottawa region that I might look at. I have googled and also searched this site but Rockcliffe are the only ones to reply so far.

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I highly recommend Rockcliffe. There are some great people there, and the environment is what you expect from a classic, friendly Flying Club.

Other places include Ottawa Aviation Services - they have a Grob for aeros (obviously not a tailwheel) - they are not as friendly to "plain old" renters as Rockcliffe is. I believe Gatineau also has a Grob but not sure if it's on that flight school's operating certificate yet... when I chatted with the owner a couple of months ago he was still "working on it."

Go fly at Rockcliffe!
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Will give it a go survey it's the Decathlon that interests me, I'll let you know how I get on.
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CYOW tailwheel etc

I would also give Lachute Aviation a call. They'll have insight into Gatineau, Pendleton and Lachute re: tailwheel and aerobatic stuff. Lachute is about an hour east of Ottawa on the Quebec side. There is also fairly vibrant scene west of Ottawa in Carp and Arnprior.
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You could also try these guys:The Pitts Formation

They're at Smiths Falls, about 20NM SW of Ottawa..
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Hi Folks

Had a great two weeks in Ottawa with some great flying with Mike Lamb of Rockcliffe Flying Club in a Super Decathlon, highly recommended.
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You came home too early. It's the Vintage Wings of Canada's event at Gatineau this weekend!
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Don't I know it, unfortunately work takes precedence over me enjoying myself for some reason.
Would have loved to get up there, maybe next year.
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