Pastures are nice, but fresh cow patties must be washed off
before they dry too much.

Everybody should fly a taildragger some, perhaps the new
Sport Pilot Cub re-creations will help with that.

Tundra tires make landing safer, but slow cruise.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"birdog" wrote in message
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|I learned in a J-3 on a grass strip. I got a single
sentence instruction for
| my first hard surface landing. That was to be sure to
track the runway in a
| crosswind. You can be a little sloppy on grass, but not on
asphalt,
| especially in a taildragger.
|
| Never gave it any thought before, but taildragger pilots
are always going to
| touch down nose high and slowed to near stall in any
craft, on grass or
| asphalt. If there are any taildragger pilots around now
days, watch 'em
| landing tri-'s sometime.
|
| Sounds like some of you guys are talking about landing in
a cow pasture.
| Most dirt fields I've flown into had a distinct path
marking the strip used
| as the runway. No way would I ever intentionally, i. e. on
purpose, set one
| down in a uniform field of grass about which I was
unfamiliar.
|
| There is distinct advantages in becoming proficient in a
taildragger and one
| that is not spin-proof. I guess all of this dates me.
|
|