TW Endorsement Completed

On 7 May 2005 21:23:23 -0700, "
wrote:

the SD. But it certainly wasn't routine as the wind was coming out of
the North at about 15kts gusting to about 20kts, and we were using

You did good! I generally won't fly if the wind is such as to shake
the Cub on the ground, and that's well below 20 knots.

Indeed, I generally won't leave for the airport if the tree branches
are moving, which is about 15 mph in my experience.

A tailwheel endorsement locally is usually 8-10 hours. Pretty funny,
really, when you consider that Piper salesmen in the 1940s/1950s used
to persuade local businessmen to club together and buy a Cub by
proving how easy it was to learn to fly. This they would do by picking
out the local high-school athlete (figuring he had good reflexes) and
soloing him in one day.

(Presumably they picked a calm day!)


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A tailwheel endorsement locally is usually 8-10 hours. Pretty funny,
really, when you consider that Piper salesmen in the 1940s/1950s used
to persuade local businessmen to club together and buy a Cub by
proving how easy it was to learn to fly. This they would do by picking
out the local high-school athlete (figuring he had good reflexes) and
soloing him in one day.

(Presumably they picked a calm day!)


-- all the best, Dan Ford

Dan.. I did my first tailwheel in the same Cubs you fly at Hampton... I
already had my Pvt Rating... and it took about 3 hours.. but that was before
the days of "endorsements"

BT

BTIZ wrote:


Dan.. I did my first tailwheel in the same Cubs you fly at Hampton... I
already had my Pvt Rating... and it took about 3 hours.. but that was
before the days of "endorsements"

BT


I started my TW endorsement late last Fall at the very same Hampton, in the
very same Cubs. Had to stop becasue even on clear calm days, it was far too
cold for the poor old J-3's.

Was sched to start again this weekend but a rowdy Northeaster put a stop to
that.

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On 7 May 2005 21:23:23 -0700, "
wrote:

the SD. But it certainly wasn't routine as the wind was coming out of
the North at about 15kts gusting to about 20kts, and we were using

You did good! I generally won't fly if the wind is such as to shake
the Cub on the ground, and that's well below 20 knots.

Indeed, I generally won't leave for the airport if the tree branches
are moving, which is about 15 mph in my experience.

A tailwheel endorsement locally is usually 8-10 hours. Pretty funny,
really, when you consider that Piper salesmen in the 1940s/1950s used
to persuade local businessmen to club together and buy a Cub by
proving how easy it was to learn to fly. This they would do by picking
out the local high-school athlete (figuring he had good reflexes) and
soloing him in one day.

It wasn't a day it was more like 2 or 3 hours.