Tailwheel conversion
Conversion course for stick-and-rudder flying
We provide excellent tail wheel courses. Flying Tailwheel aircraft is more challenging and more enjoyable than nose wheel. It is a skill that needs to be taught by an expert so that if the landing gets out of shape, you learn from it but the aircraft does not get damaged. Of course most schools choose to teach in an aircraft that is so benign that little real skill is actually required but this will bite you in the backside when you come to fly a more challenging type.
WHY FLY A TAILWHEEL
- Widen aircraft range
- Enhance rudder usage
- Use it on different aircraft
- Learn 3-point landing
- Use it for STOL ops
- Better pilot skills
We teach in our 1946 Cessna 140. It is a fantastic aircraft and will teach you a lot. It demands that you learn the right lessons but when it does get out of shape, our instructors can recover easily.
Once you have mastered the C140, other tailwheel aircraft will feel very easy. We also have a 1944 Argus for you to convert to after completing the course
Adrian Willis
Chief Pilot
Pricing
£ 1,000
Based on Cessna 140
Time and hours
5h
flight time
2h
pre-flight theory
This is priced at:
Solo hire £195 per hour
Dual hire £200 per hour
Ground school additional to that detailed above – £60 per hour
Use of own aircraft – £100 per hour
Additional £10/hour when training for EASA license
Sign up for trial flight
Sign up for one of our Tailwheel training flights and control the aircraft
of tailwheel type to see how you feel about it.
Aircraft we use
Course Syllabus
Tailwheel theory
Tailwheel taxiing technique
Tailwheel take off and landing techniques
Pre-flight briefings
Post flight briefings
Aircraft familiarisation, stalls, side-slips
Normal, crosswind, wheeler and short field landings
Emergencies / PFL’s
