My father used to tell me about when he learned to fly. He had a trick that used to amaze (and scare) the other pilots. When he landed he would bring the speed down to where the wings stopped flying but the tail still had lift. and then he would maneuver the plane to the parking, right outside and facing the small lunch counter where pilots ate. All the while the tail was still flying and off the ground. When he got to the tie down he would kill the engine and hit the wheel brakes. The plane would come to a complete stop and the tail would drop straight down. No dragging. Pilots in the dinner would stare out the window at this and frequently told him "you just can't DO that".hobie16 wrote:The high school I went to had a three year aero class. We got an Aeronca that was just the frame and a Continental A65 four banger engine in a box. We covered the frame and wings with cloth, rebuilt the engine and got it certified as air worthy. Pretty good for a bunch of high school punks.
We sold it to a flight school so we could buy fuel for our other engines including a J-35 we'd fire up on the football field. Four months after it was sold a student pilot flipped it on take-off and destroyed the plane. He and the instructor walked away. If we could have found the pilot we would have killed him.
Tail draggers rule!!
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Randy
(So have we gotten far enough off topic this time?)
