"Jose" wrote in message
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If a student pilot takes all his training in a tailwheel aircraft
(including solo), but takes his flight test in a nosedragger, does the
newly minted private pilot need a separate tailwheel endorsement?

Why wouldn't he?

The student pilot needs the endorsement just to solo. But even if he
didn't, there's no exception allowing a pilot taking the practical flight
exam in a tailwheel airplane to get away without the endorsement. A pilot
taking the exam in a nosewheel airplane would require the same endorsement.

Pete