Funny thing - I went for a ride with the American Airlines ATP across the street in my little LSA taildragger. After I fire up the mighty Rotax 912, I ask:



'When was the last time you flew a taildragger?'

'Probably been about a decade.'

'Your airplane'



Take off, no problem. We fly around for a while - 'This thing needs a lot of rudder'...



We get in the pattern, he flies out a way over lake Erie before turning base 'Oops, kind of a big pattern'...



Then when he turns final, I notice that it's like the airplane is on rails. I've never seen such a solid, unchanging, site picture when I was flying it. Flew down to the runway, one wing low for the crosswind, no trouble with the adverse yaw that makes slips feel funny. A few feet off the runway he says he is feeling for the ground. Holds the attitude as the last bit of altitude bleeds off and sets down nice as can be.



It was amazing.

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