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Old May 19th 04, 08:22 PM
Henry and Debbie McFarland
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You need to learn the proper attitude for whatever aircraft you fly.
Learning to land
a Cessna 170 will not improve your landings in a 182. Learning to land a

182 will.

George Patterson


I whole-heartedly agree with this statement. I got my tailwheel endorsement
in my husband's Luscombe 8A. I flew it 70 hours before I bought my own 8E. I
tried to fly Lester like his 8A and it didn't work! Once I understood that
my airplane had it's own set of peculiar characteristics, things settled
down.

I do believe that tailwheel training does help a pilot understand the
meaning of straight. Flying the Luscombes improved my landings in my C-172.

Deb

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1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)