Tailwheel conversion course for stick-and-rudder flying
Tailwheel
Course Overview
We provide excellent tail wheel courses. Flying Tailwheel aircraft is more challenging and more enjoyable than nose wheel. It is a skill that needs to be taught by an expert so that if the landing gets out of shape, you learn from it but the aircraft does not get damaged. Of course most schools choose to teach in an aircraft that is so benign that little real skill is actually required but this will bite you in the backside when you come to fly a more challenging type.
We teach in our 1946 Cessna 140. It is a fantastic aircraft and will teach you a lot. It demands that you learn the right lessons but when it does get out of shape, our instructors can recover easily. Once you have mastered the 140, other tailwheel aircraft will feel very easy. We also have a 1944 Argus for you to convert to after completing the course
Time and hours
minutes
engine running time
minutes
pre-flight Theory (at aircraft)
minutes
pre & Post-flight Briefing/Debriefing
Pricing
Some students may require a little more time to reach our high standards.
This is priced at:
- Solo hire £195 per hour
- Dual hire £200 per hour
- Ground school additional to that detailed above – £60 per hour
Use of own aircraft – £100 per hour.
Training with EASA license – additional £10/hour.
Course Syllabus
Ground school
- Aircraft systems
- Tailwheel theory
- Tailwheel taxiing technique
- Tailwheel take off and landing techniques
- Pre-flight briefings
- Post flight briefings
Flight exercises
- Start-up, taxi (weaving) take off
- Aircraft familiarisation, stalls, side-slips
- Normal, crosswind, wheeler and short field landings
- Emergencies / PFL’s
