tail dragger training in Calgary

notthereyet · Post by **notthereyet** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:43 pm

Looking for tail dragger training in Calgary area. Any recommends?

_dwj_ · Post by **_dwj_** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:22 pm

notthereyet wrote:Looking for tail dragger training in Calgary area. Any recommends?

Wayne Winters @ Blue Yonder:

http://www.ezflyer.com

He's an excellent instructor and the Merlin is a really nice plane and easy to fly.

Strega · Post by **Strega** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:19 pm

what kind of taildragger?

notthereyet · Post by **notthereyet** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:19 pm

Looking for something in the size of a Citabria. I will probably visit Wayne for the home builts.

Shiny Side Up · Post by **Shiny Side Up** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:56 am

Red Arrow used to have a Citabria at Springbank, though they have disappeared a long time ago. The airplane CCK is still flying there, not sure who inherrited it, but I heard it was available again for training.

Lurch · Post by **Lurch** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:10 am

Shiny Side Up wrote:Red Arrow used to have a Citabria at Springbank, though they have disappeared a long time ago. The airplane CCK is still flying there, not sure who inherrited it, but I heard it was available again for training.

There are no flight training tail draggers in the YYC area. CCK, if I am thinking of the right airplane, is privately owned and that owner is doing his PPL on it right now.

I have done the digging before looking for instructors competent enough to perform this training and the list is very short, 3 instructors in total. There are a couple who say they are able but lack the experience/skill to safely complete the training. Don't except any instructor with less then 100 hours of tail dragger experience.

If you are serious, I can send you the names and phone numbers for the 3 instructors

Lurch

notthereyet · Post by **notthereyet** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:09 pm

What about Red Deer or Edmonton Areas?

rengler · Post by **rengler** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:37 pm

Namao Flying Club just north of Edmonton had a Citabria available, and according to their website it looks like they still have it, although I haven't been there in a few years to verify for sure that they still have it.

_dwj_ · Post by **_dwj_** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:20 pm

Also, Prairie Bible College in Three Hills have 2 Citabrias (and you don't need to be doing their missionary course to get training - they do PPLs, ratings and other training for local pilots, so they can probably help you out if you don't mind the drive).

metal · Post by **metal** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:48 pm

Anyone know someone in Victoria for the same purpose? Sorry for hijacking your thread, just didn't want to make an identical thread just about another location.

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