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With something a little less than 2,000 tailwheel landings without a mishap, I am aware of this, but it is still not difficult IMHO. You should be flying the numbers accurately regardless of what you’re flying. It takes a little longer to learn tailwheel, but I just don’t see it as more...

LOL! I hate to be the one to cost you a stripe on your epaulet, but I’m afraid that if a dummy like me can fly tailwheel with no history of a ground loop, you need to get out the scissors and also relax your walk.:)

As is the same with a tailwheel airplane. It’s not difficult.

You, have quite a skill for using about 60 or 80 words for saying the same thing that I said with about a dozen. Have you ever found yourself arguing with a fence post? Geesh!

That’s my point. Don’t you think that a different category makes it a more different skill than a simple endorsement?

I took a checkride in my 140 many years ago with a DPE that was probably 90 years old and at LEAST 300 pounds. He had seen my plane in the avionics shop at his airport and had a 140 himself. He wanted to fly in it really bad. He said that if he could get in, he would fly with me. It took my...

If an endorsement indicates it to be more difficult, then the glider would be more difficult. It requires a completely different checkride and written. Not just an instructor signing it off.

I have no glider experience beyond a power loss within very easy reach of a runway. I would have to look to know for sure, but I think my number of tailwheel landings is approaching 2,000. I don’t really understand why tailwheel flying is considered black magic. In fact, I’ve been told by an...

I retired almost 8 years ago. I had been flying my Cessna 140, an IFR plane, for quite a while and still fly it a lot. About six months after retirement I added a Mooney M20C to the fleet then shortly after hurt my shoulder and could no longer handle the Johnson bar gear. Moved on to a mid...

Didn’t know they posted that video. They are doing that work right outside my hangar. It’s been great hearing. Those radials the last few days.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner! This is the only C41 ever built. It was bought by the US government in 1938 and was built with 12 place executive seating and 900HP engines and given C41 as its military designation. It ended up as Hap Arnold’s personal transportation through much of WWII. A...

Yes, it is a trick question. Your answer would appear to be mostly correct on the surface. I’m not trying to embarrass anyone, but after the guesses have run their course, I think everyone will enjoy the explanation. Just good natured fun. It is possible that someone will come up with the...

For those of you who know WWII military aircraft, can you identify this plane, both military and civilian designation?

One thing all politicians have in common is that none of them ever saw a tax increase that they didn’t like. It’s very easy to spend someone else’s money.

Stick and rudder will be the same, but you might find flight planning and navigation to be a tad easier.

Sorry to be so dumb, but what is a ”port a port hangar?”

I think part of the answer hinges on whether or not there are any pilots among your descendents.

Then fly the numbers like you’re supposed to.

The guys in Center don’t want to be bothered by the guys and gals below 18,000 so the odds of them asking much of anything are extremely remote.

The scumbag ”pilot” with the goofy beard is obviously a con artist and a liar. Show him the inside of a jail for a long time before he con’s someone else to their death.