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Experience

It feels like I’ve spent my life flying different types of tailwheel aircraft, and I spend my life in them because I love them. I feel you get a real sense of flying in a tailwheel that you can’t really get in nosewheel aircraft. Below is a list of aircraft I have experience in.

My Experience
Manufacturer Model Number Model Name Hours Experience
Aeronca: Champ 25-100
L-3 25-100
Chief 5- 25
Sedan 5- 25
Ballanca: 14-19-2 230 25-100
Cessna: 120 25-100
140 25-100
170 25-100
180 100-1000
185 25-100
Citabria: 7 ECA 1000+
7GCAA 25-100
7GCBC 5- 25
7KCAB 5- 25
8KCAB 150hp 25-100
8KCAB 180 hp 5- 25
Commonwealth: Skyranger 185 5- 25
Fairchild: KR-21 5- 25
Fleet: Fleet-7; 5- 25
Great Lakes: 2T-1A 5- 25
Luscombe: 8 A 100-1000
8E 25-100
8F (tandem) 5- 25
Maule: M-5-180 25-100
M5-235C 25-100
M7-160 5- 25
M7-235 25-100
Piper: J-3 100-1000
L-4 5- 25
PA-14 5- 25
PA-15 5- 25
PA-16 5- 25
PA-20 5- 25
PA-22 5- 25
Stearman: PT-17 5- 25
A-75 N1 5- 25
Stinson: 108-1 5- 25
108-2 25-100
108-3 100-1000
Swift: Globe Swift GC-18 5- 25
Taylorcraft: L-2 1000+
BC-12(D) 100-1000
F-19 100-1000
Vans: RV-6 5- 25
RV-9 25-100
Waco: UPF-7 5- 25
TOTAL TAILWHEEL HOURS 9,000
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