or do what Tiger_Moth did and do the whole PPL (except the instrument bit) on, guess what, a Tiger Moth. :ok: :ok:

michale the reason your 1916 manual dosnt cover crosswinds is because no one ever landed in a crosswind. an airfield was just that, a field.

you can learn to land a taildragger to a small extent by learning to land a trike and holding off and off rather than just letting it arrive. same with take off, try holding a constant nose attitude without lifting off, let the a/c fly off itself

ps did you buy your manual on ebay.

No, it's actually a reprint that was included in the box with a WW1 flight sim called "Flying Corps" many years ago.

It's called "Practical Flying" and makes for very interesting reading. The terminology is different, for example, the book always talks about "getting off" rather than taking off.

- Michael

i asked because i sold an original on ebay last year.

getting off, yes i remember that, in the book i mean.

notice no mention of spinning, you were dead after that.

and a section on crashing, everyone did it!!!!

pitts by the way are not just a handful in the circuit, i watched a experienced aerobatic pilot burn to death in front of me in one many years ago.

presumably he though the pitts were easy to recover from stalls too. c of g and weight taught him his last lesson

Ninjabill

Sure you weren't at Gamston to see me land the PA28 last weekend - it certainly seems a spookily accurate description?

Just going back to spam can hierarchy, there is even a pecking order within the spamcans. I fly a PA28 and so look up to the Arrow, with its turbo engine and retractable gear.

On the other hand mine is a PA28-236 Dakota and so goes quite fast, so I look down on the mere PA28 140 drivers who can't get out of a 600m field with both fuel and a pilot without decorating the gear with barbed wire and leaves.

Sad isn't it:O

24R

24R,

So you can not make the community laff by transmitting that you are a PA28RRR rrrrrr, but instead disappoint them by stating you are a Dakota!

:D

FD

I also fly a Dakota (G-ODAK from BA flying club)... I think its better than an Arrow any day as the Arrows I have flown have had less load carrying capacity due to the weight of all that gear, which kind of defeats the purpose of the gear a bit!

But I have on occasion disappointed people when stating I would visit in a Dakota - and they expected a DC-3!

Andy :p