The Last Two Weeks at Tailwheel Town
Many thanks to Walt Lasecki of Outlaw Aviation for letting me use his nice Cessna 140 while mine is undergoing re-build. And to Elana Gordon, who, after a long period of not flying, has decided to get current. Wow, what a talent she is! I'm delighted to have someone who is so good to really concentrate on.
A visit from J.R. Luper has been a lot of fun and we've been putting up with the construction at the Madras Airport to get J.R. his tailwheel endorsement. He's a high time professional pilot and flight instructor and we've been having a great time.
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J.R. takes a whack at the pivot.
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And, speaking of great times, Seth Hoffstetter has been flying with me and we've been having a great time. I've rarely had an applicant with such a great appetite for learning! Below is Seth and Janet's dawg, "Mickie"
A New Article on the Tailwheeler's Journal
"The Tailwheel Town Landing" gets into a little detail about how we differ from Acme and why our applicants get so good. The answer is simple: They get a lot more practice because of their small patterns. Yeh, those would be the patterns that the whuffos just hate to see us do!
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One of those maneuvers: The landing in a turn at Sisters.
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The Older Article
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