t.d. endorse report:

just a bit of what i think i've learned.

just got my taildragger endorsment today and i think i'm much better at
flying the airplane than i was before i started the training. pretty
much went straight from getting my ppl to tailggers and am still well
short of 100 hours so understand i don't really know much about this
stuff.

joy bowden at texas taildraggers on the south edge of houston is a
19,000hour pro and widely regarded as one of the very best. she is not
afraid to have you make that citabria dance.

as part of the training, we did a lot of very high crosswind wheel
landings (very high direct crosswind) fully established 1 wheel
landings 2 and 3 times before going around again. sometimes mixing in 3
points for style. the airport is perfect for this type of training
since the 9-27 layout crosses the prevailing wind from the south and,
just to add to the fun, the hangers are built too close to the runway.
on both sides.

partly, i guess i'm just bragging here about my accomplishment but also
i'm trying to make the point that i don't think the standard pilot
training to get a license is enough and a lot of people WHO WILL NEVER
DO A TAILDRAGGER could benefit from this extra training. think about
it. it's just enormous fun. ok, doin 60mph down a runway with the stick
forward, one wheel down and the rest of the airplane; other wheel, tail
and wing, all way up in the air is a little scary at first. but when
you can do that and make nice 's'-curves across the stripe( in a 20 mph
crosswind) it's a heck of a feeling.(big stoopid grin!)

next, we start working on accelerated stalls and spins.

onward and upward



dan

Sounds like fun :-).

Deb

--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

"houstondan" <djones9089@houston.> wrote in message
news:1109448127.379864.107530@o13g2000cwo. o...
> just a bit of what i think i've learned.
>
> just got my taildragger endorsment today and i think i'm much better at
> flying the airplane than i was before i started the training. pretty
> much went straight from getting my ppl to tailggers and am still well
> short of 100 hours so understand i don't really know much about this
> stuff.
>
> joy bowden at texas taildraggers on the south edge of houston is a
> 19,000hour pro and widely regarded as one of the very best. she is not
> afraid to have you make that citabria dance.
>
> as part of the training, we did a lot of very high crosswind wheel
> landings (very high direct crosswind) fully established 1 wheel
> landings 2 and 3 times before going around again. sometimes mixing in 3
> points for style. the airport is perfect for this type of training
> since the 9-27 layout crosses the prevailing wind from the south and,
> just to add to the fun, the hangers are built too close to the runway.
> on both sides.
>
> partly, i guess i'm just bragging here about my accomplishment but also
> i'm trying to make the point that i don't think the standard pilot
> training to get a license is enough and a lot of people WHO WILL NEVER
> DO A TAILDRAGGER could benefit from this extra training. think about
> it. it's just enormous fun. ok, doin 60mph down a runway with the stick
> forward, one wheel down and the rest of the airplane; other wheel, tail
> and wing, all way up in the air is a little scary at first. but when
> you can do that and make nice 's'-curves across the stripe( in a 20 mph
> crosswind) it's a heck of a feeling.(big stoopid grin!)
>
> next, we start working on accelerated stalls and spins.
>
> onward and upward
>
>
>
> dan
>

it's amazing what you can do once you figure out the wind and the
"balance"..

congrats on not just stopping after the ppl..

BT

"houstondan" <djones9089@houston.> wrote in message
news:1109448127.379864.107530@o13g2000cwo. o...
> just a bit of what i think i've learned.
>
> just got my taildragger endorsment today and i think i'm much better at
> flying the airplane than i was before i started the training. pretty
> much went straight from getting my ppl to tailggers and am still well
> short of 100 hours so understand i don't really know much about this
> stuff.
>
> joy bowden at texas taildraggers on the south edge of houston is a
> 19,000hour pro and widely regarded as one of the very best. she is not
> afraid to have you make that citabria dance.
>
> as part of the training, we did a lot of very high crosswind wheel
> landings (very high direct crosswind) fully established 1 wheel
> landings 2 and 3 times before going around again. sometimes mixing in 3
> points for style. the airport is perfect for this type of training
> since the 9-27 layout crosses the prevailing wind from the south and,
> just to add to the fun, the hangers are built too close to the runway.
> on both sides.
>
> partly, i guess i'm just bragging here about my accomplishment but also
> i'm trying to make the point that i don't think the standard pilot
> training to get a license is enough and a lot of people WHO WILL NEVER
> DO A TAILDRAGGER could benefit from this extra training. think about
> it. it's just enormous fun. ok, doin 60mph down a runway with the stick
> forward, one wheel down and the rest of the airplane; other wheel, tail
> and wing, all way up in the air is a little scary at first. but when
> you can do that and make nice 's'-curves across the stripe( in a 20 mph
> crosswind) it's a heck of a feeling.(big stoopid grin!)
>
> next, we start working on accelerated stalls and spins.
>
> onward and upward
>
>
>
> dan
>