85Mike
Registered User
Washington
I learned tailwheel in my C185. Needless to say it was exciting several times. Luckily my instructor was a real pro. He let me solo after about 9 hrs of nothing but wheel landings. About 20 hrs. into my solo time I screwed up and made a downwind landing. Probably took a half inch of rubber off the tires keeping it straight with the brakes. 21 years later I've still never lost it. When I first flew my -12 had a hell of a time learning to transition to the heel brakes but have been lucky so far. The old sayng " those that have and those that are going to" is always on my mind.
Mike
Mike