There are many reasons people choose to fly tailwheel aircraft. For some, it affords the ability to fly low and slow. For others, it is the only type of aircraft that can access remote of rough surfaced runways. For some, it brings their mentality back to an earlier age of aviation - when flying was not about ATC, GPS, autopilots, TRFs, and FARs - but about stick and rudder skills and being totally connected to the aircraft being flown. No matter your reason, learning to fly a tailwheel aircraft will make you a better pilot! In fact, the AVEMCO Insurance Company offers a 5% discount to pilots that insure with them and obtain tailwheel training.
Learning to fly tailwheel aircraft will not only awaken your feet on the ground but in the air as well. Most tailwheel aircraft have large ailerons and when they are deflected (to roll into or out of a turn) they create more adverse yaw than your average tri-gear. If your feet have atrophied from flying with them flat on the floor (perhaps you fly an airplane with interconnected ailerons and rudders like the Malibu or Bonanza), flying a taildragger will wake them back up.
We offer tailwheel transition training in Piper J3 Cub. For most pilots of average skills the training will take approximately 5 - 10 hours, before sufficient proficiency is gained for the tailwheel endorsement.
The training will include:
- three-point landings
- wheel landings
- forward slips to a landing
- bounce recoveries
- go-arounds
The rate for this training is $96.00 wet per hour an $40 per hour for an instruction. Even if you never fly a tailwheel aircraft again, the skills that you will learn from us flying conventional geared aircraft will go a long way towards making you a much better pilot!
You must have a pilot certificate to solo in this airplane. No students may solo. This means you must be at least a Sport or private pilot to solo.
