The Super Decathalon looks like a lot of fun. The only taildragger time I had was in a Citabria with Doug Jenkins (did you know him? hell of a pilot) doing some extreme unusual attitudes/recoveries and aerobatics at the beginning of my instructor rating.
I also remember Jersey (sp?) who had the Extra 300, I never went up with him but one of my buddies I trained with went for a ride, almost puked his guts out with the way he threw that thing around the sky.
I really loved flying around in that Citabria, it climbed like a pig (just find a thermal!) but I enjoyed the pure stick and rudder flying that it was all about. I think we should teach all new pilots on a taildragger, because I could even see how the Cessna's and Katana's had made my coordination a little sloppy.
Last edited by Bigtime; 12-06-2011 at 07:11 AM.
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