[Rant Warning] Tailwheel Training

"Henry and Debbie McFarland" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in
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You have just convinced me that flying taildraggers not only does not
make
you a better pilot, it makes you worse to the point of being
destructive.
The Cessna 172 was not meant to be landed like a tailwheel aircraft.
Attempts to do that are both dangerous and wasteful.


CJ,

I am sorry you feel this way. As a teacher, you are denying yourself a
really fun learning experience that you can pass on to your students.
Having
a tailwheel endorsement opens up your horizons.

As I said originally, this is the reason to get a tailwheel endorsement.
Saying it makes you a 'better' pilot, however, is silly.


I also fly tricycle-geared airplanes. I owned a C-172C and put 600 hours
on
it. The yoke must be pulled back in many of these earlier models in order
not to land flat.

Which is my point exactly. You cannot generalize from one aircraft to
another how airplanes should be flown. If you cannot land a C-172S like a
C-172C, then why would you expect everyone to land both planes as if they
were Piper Cubs?