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tmbg
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I'm tailwheel endorsed!

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I got five hours in a champ over yesterday and today, and I'm officially and legally competent to fly taildraggers!

I had an absolute blast :D
Ian
RV-7 SB, chugging toward final assembly
IO-360-C1C 200hp obtained.
Hartzell BA prop received.
James Cowl ordered.
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cjensen
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Post by cjensen »

Awesome Ian!!! It is a lot of fun! 8) 8)

Glad to hear you got it done...hope you can stay current easier than me... :roll:
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tmbg
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Post by tmbg »

sadly, I think that's going to be really hard unless I can manage to buy some sort of cheap taildragger to knock around in. Those are getting harder and harder to find! :(
Ian
RV-7 SB, chugging toward final assembly
IO-360-C1C 200hp obtained.
Hartzell BA prop received.
James Cowl ordered.
N773WW reserved!
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rv8or
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Post by rv8or »

Ian--

Congrats!

I just had my second TW lesson this morning in a Decath. RWY 16, 190 15G25. Pretty much kicked my ass. Still had a lot of fun. The hamster that powers the light build in my head is picking up speed.

Congrats again

:yay:


Joe
Joe Ferraro
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RV7Factory
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Post by RV7Factory »

rv8or wrote:The hamster that powers the light build in my head is picking up speed.
But obviously not enough speed. :o :wink:
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dons
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Congrats Ian.
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rv8or
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RV7Factory wrote:
rv8or wrote:The hamster that powers the light build in my head is picking up speed.
But obviously not enough speed. :o :wink:

OUCH! After 7200 hrs, I'm trying to figure out how to land an airplane by not pulling BACK on the stick and you want me to worry about spelling? Besides, that was my subconscious typing...I should spend my days off BULBING ( :lol: ) not flying.

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dons
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:lol:

Man, my input filters kept showing me bulb until I read it more than 5 times :o . I guess cause I spend so much time working with filters to block e-mail spam I don't notice my own 'input filters' at work :).
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An RV-4 is a great way to stay TW current. I know where you buy one. :wink:
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svanarts wrote:An RV-4 is a great way to stay TW current. I know where you buy one. :wink:
I'd actually love to buy a flying 4. If it's cheap enough and I can do owner financing, maybe I will!

As it is, I don't think the bank will give me another loan for an airplane while I'm already paying on one.
Ian
RV-7 SB, chugging toward final assembly
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Hartzell BA prop received.
James Cowl ordered.
N773WW reserved!
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Stupid banks.
Scott VanArtsdalen
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leeschaumberg
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Post by leeschaumberg »

Glad to hear that you've been there and done that. I flew a tail dragger with out a tail once. A J3 with floats on it! :lol:
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