Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:23 am
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Congrats to the "farmer" family. He was obviously early sowing the Winter Oats, last year.
Hazel C wrote:... Also learning how much one needs to keep an eye on the slip and turn ball in an old aircraft....
I now realise that the ground run in a tail dragger is so important, and the feet are kept busy.
Crash one wrote:I think the 90 day currency rules are three full stop landings and three take offs for tailwheel rather than touch and go.
Crash one wrote:Went up to Perth today for the flyin barbie. Looked like a taildragger’s convention! All sorts. Great day.
foxmoth wrote:
This is why I (and I think many taildragger instructors) will do land to full stop rather than touch and go - as I am sure you have found it gets harder to keep straight as the aircraft slows which you only get practice at if you slow right down to taxi speed, at Barton with a relatively short runway this often means land and taxi back to the hold until students get the directional control sorted.
Miscellaneous wrote:Crash one wrote:I think the 90 day currency rules are three full stop landings and three take offs for tailwheel rather than touch and go.
I didn't know that. Every day is a school day.
FCL.060 Recent experience
(a) Balloons.
...
(b) Aeroplanes, helicopters, powered-lift, airships and sailplanes. A pilot shall not operate an
aircraft in commercial air transport or carrying passengers:
(1) as PIC or co-pilot unless he/she has carried out, in the preceding 90 days, at least 3 take�offs, approaches and landings in an aircraft of the same type or class or an FFS
representing that type or class. The 3 take-offs and landings shall be performed in either
multi-pilot or single-pilot operations, depending on the privileges held by the pilot; and
(2) as PIC at night unless he/she:
(i) has carried out in the preceding 90 days at least 1 take-off, approach and landing at
night as a pilot flying in an aircraft of the same type or class or an FFS
representing that type or class; or
(ii) holds an IR;
lobstaboy wrote:I interpret the 90-day rule the other way round. Touch and goes are not acceptable. They should be full stop landings in both nose wheel and tail wheel aircraft.