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![]() "Cub Driver" wrote in message ... On 7 May 2005 21:23:23 -0700, " wrote: the SD. But it certainly wasn't routine as the wind was coming out of the North at about 15kts gusting to about 20kts, and we were using You did good! I generally won't fly if the wind is such as to shake the Cub on the ground, and that's well below 20 knots. Indeed, I generally won't leave for the airport if the tree branches are moving, which is about 15 mph in my experience. A tailwheel endorsement locally is usually 8-10 hours. Pretty funny, really, when you consider that Piper salesmen in the 1940s/1950s used to persuade local businessmen to club together and buy a Cub by proving how easy it was to learn to fly. This they would do by picking out the local high-school athlete (figuring he had good reflexes) and soloing him in one day. It wasn't a day it was more like 2 or 3 hours. |
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