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Old May 17th 04, 04:19 PM
Henry and Debbie McFarland
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So they like to say that instructors who don't fly tailwheels or do loops
or
who don't do much instruction are better instructors. They blame the
instructors for the fact that they themselves can't fly and will never
learn. EDR's rant is very typical of these people.


And your rant is typical of the instructor we all fear.... Of the fifteen or
so CFI's I have flown with for various checkouts, the best were those who
were proficient in ALL types of aircraft, including tailwheel.

The teacher who continuously learns has something grand to share.

Deb


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Old May 18th 04, 04:34 PM
C J Campbell
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"Henry and Debbie McFarland" wrote in message
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So they like to say that instructors who don't fly tailwheels or do

loops
or
who don't do much instruction are better instructors. They blame the
instructors for the fact that they themselves can't fly and will never
learn. EDR's rant is very typical of these people.


And your rant is typical of the instructor we all fear.... Of the fifteen

or
so CFI's I have flown with for various checkouts, the best were those who
were proficient in ALL types of aircraft, including tailwheel.


And my point is that it is no more fair to say that all the modern
instructors are incompetent than it is to say that all the old pilots are
incompetent. I myself am an older pilot, a gray haired old geezer (if I
actually had any hair).

My other point is that it does not take tailwheel training to learn to land
an airplane. It is something you should be taught no matter what airplane
you fly. Blaming instructors just because they have no tailwheel training is
way off the mark.

The funniest thing, though, is that the guy who took me most severely to
task about tailwheel training has no rudder pedals at all on his airplane!
(And a beautiful airplane it is, too!)

And I won't even make mention of the fact that the guy who had his head down
in the cockpit trying to read his map when he ran into another airplane near
Tenino on Sunday was flying a tailwheel airplane. That is just a cheap shot,
so I won't mention it. Nope, not me. :-)


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Old May 19th 04, 10:03 AM
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And I won't even make mention of the fact that the guy who had his head down
in the cockpit trying to read his map when he ran into another airplane near
Tenino on Sunday was flying a tailwheel airplane. That is just a cheap shot,
so I won't mention it. Nope, not me. :-)


The Centurion is a taildragger?

Must have been a conversion!


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Old May 19th 04, 03:36 PM
C J Campbell
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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And I won't even make mention of the fact that the guy who had his head

down
in the cockpit trying to read his map when he ran into another airplane

near
Tenino on Sunday was flying a tailwheel airplane. That is just a cheap

shot,
so I won't mention it. Nope, not me. :-)


The Centurion is a taildragger?

Must have been a conversion!


No, but the 170 is a taildragger.


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Old May 20th 04, 10:36 AM
Cub Driver
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 07:36:44 -0700, "C J Campbell"
wrote:

No, but the 170 is a taildragger.


From what I read, the Centurion descended upon the 170.

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