The best airplane for tail wheel training?

[Arian17]

Hi everybody!

In my opinion the problem is to find a flight school nowadays that offers ab inito tail wheel training at all!

I'm from Europe and thinking about doing my PPL in Canada. Would love to do it on a tailwheel plane right from the beginning! But...where could I do that?
So far I only learned about Harvs Air in Manitoba offering PPL-training on Citabrias.

Do You know any other flight schools in Canada that offer ab initio PPL-instruction on a tailwheel plane? (On "normal" affordable planes like Cubs, Citabrias, C-140s etc.)

[iflyforpie]

Hi everybody!

In my opinion the problem is to find a flight school nowadays that offers ab inito tail wheel training at all!

I'm from Europe and thinking about doing my PPL in Canada. Would love to do it on a tailwheel plane right from the beginning! But...where could I do that?
So far I only learned about Harvs Air in Manitoba offering PPL-training on Citabrias.

Do You know any other flight schools in Canada that offer ab initio PPL-instruction on a tailwheel plane? (On "normal" affordable planes like Cubs, Citabrias, C-140s etc.)

http://www.southernskies.ca

They have a nice little 7GCBC and cheap accommodation right at the airport. They are in Penticton which is in southern BC. They cater to international students.

[mattedfred]

i did my tailwheel checkout on an aircraft without electrics. no radio, no night flying, no electric start. i also did it at an uncontrolled airport. it was nice to just concentrate on the stick and rudder skills and a good lookout for traffic.

[Hedley]

I wish everyone could do their FIRST 10 hours that way.

They would develop stick & rudder skills that would last
a lifetime.

[mattedfred]

i totally agree. it would be nice to solo in something without electrics and NORDO at an uncontrolled grass strip without a crosswind runway. you should also have to wash and fuel the plane. i'm crazy though.

[Cat Driver]

I wish everyone could do their FIRST 10 hours that way.

And if they are not ready to solo at ten hours they get an extension until they solo.

[MichaelP]

When I checked out in the Tiger there was no radio as such, just a battery powered intercom...
It was better to work out a code using swear words because only these seemed to have been clear!
Sometimes when passing a strong 'BBC' radio transmitter you would hear Radio 4 come through the intercom loud and clear.

In such aircraft the preflight ground brief became very very important!

Later I would sit in the front of this Tiger and other Tiger Moths and pass on the skills required until one day it all broke down with court action when the aerodrome imposed a 720 channel radio frequency on us and that meant fitting all the aeroplanes with new radios:


I see from this picture that the CAA finally had its way and spin strakes have been fitted.
They were never fitted when I flew this aircraft...
There was an argument with the CAA.
This aeroplane spun normally and recovered normally, but then it was not fitted with bomb racks!

[Luscombe]

Hi everybody!

In my opinion the problem is to find a flight school nowadays that offers ab inito tail wheel training at all!

I'm from Europe and thinking about doing my PPL in Canada. Would love to do it on a tailwheel plane right from the beginning! But...where could I do that?
So far I only learned about Harvs Air in Manitoba offering PPL-training on Citabrias.

Do You know any other flight schools in Canada that offer ab initio PPL-instruction on a tailwheel plane? (On "normal" affordable planes like Cubs, Citabrias, C-140s etc.)

Arian,

If I'm not mistaken, Brampton Flying Club uses a PA18 Supercub and does ab-initio training on it. When I instructed there, some of my most memorable times were with ab-initios doing their private. Funny thing is though, they seemed to pass their flight tests in about the same time their nosedragger cousins do.

[Cat Driver]

Funny thing is though, they seemed to pass their flight tests in about the same time their nosedragger cousins do.

It has always been thus.

And as a plus they have better airplane handling skills.

What would happen if you soloed a student on a tail wheel airplane, then told him / her to go fly that Cessna 150 over there?

What would happen if you soloed a student on a Cessna 150 and then told him / her go fly that tail wheel airplane over there.