On Wed, 19 May 2004 15:48:33 GMT, EDR wrote:

There are tricycle gear aircraft out there with big engines up front
(PA28-235/6, C182, etc) and under light loading conditions (front two
seats occupied, full fuel) the cg is towards the front of the envelope.
If the pilot doesn't learn to get the nose up on landing, the nose gear
and firewall are going to get damaged.

Right. And the people who own or fly in those airplanes are taught
not to land nose down. Doesn't seem like you have to take taildragger
lessons to know this.

Not all taildraggers are landed with the tail low either: The P-51
Mustang was often wheeled on, although some guys three pointed them.

The DC-3 is most often wheel landed.

Corky Scott