Tailwheel - why you should

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3rd September 2014 | 10:22

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OpenCirrus619

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Tailwheel - why you should

Saw this on "the other side" - thought it worth sharing

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3rd September 2014 | 10:49

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So True....

3rd September 2014 | 11:15

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Excellent!

3rd September 2014 | 14:35

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nose wheel pilot
powered-flight pilot
PPL pilot
SEP pilot
VFR pilot
upside-up-flying pilot
fixed-wing pilot
subsonic pilot
any pilot

All equally boring rather than funny to me. But to each his/her own.

3rd September 2014 | 17:32

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I wouldn't care to comment on their pilots, but I've yet to see a good looking nosewheel light aircraft (so Concorde doesn't count - and anyway, it's got a tailwheel. Two, actually!).

3rd September 2014 | 18:24

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Indeed; this context would also provide an (IMHO much more plausible) alternative explanation for the angry look on her face: Maybe he told her that he flies nosewheel planes as he finds them more handsome, which led her to deduce a hidden insult concerning her own appearance.