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: I would suggest not just a checkout in another tailwheel airplane before a : single seat Pitts but rather quite a bit of tailwheel time, all of it in : general handling and in the pattern, before checking out in a two-seat Pitts : first. I say this not because the Pitts is difficult to fly, or to land, : because it isnt, but its not a good airplane to learn to fly tailwheels : on. It lands fast and has poor forward vis, all of which are easily : manageable, but youd be better off getting quite a few hours in a Cub or : Taylorcraft or the like first. Everything happens much more slowly in those : machines than a Pitts. Yep, as the saying goes, "The airshow begins when the Pitts flairs to land!" -- ER |
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