Scudrunners

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oh,_the_humanity

Quotation from US broadcaster Herbert Morrison (1905-1989) during his coverage of the Hindenburg disaster.

"This is terrible; this is one of the worst of the worst catastrophes in the world. Oh it's... [unintelligible]

Oh, the humanity, and all the passengers screaming around here!"

I have a nose wheel conversion kit for a J-3 tucked away somewhere. Be fun to stick it on a clip wing Cub and watch the blood pressure rise…

That owner needs to get punched in the nuts. To save the rest of humanity from his reproductive endeavors.

That was a brilliant photoshop. Right? They got all the edges and shadows perfect?

I’d still fly it

Never mind the spurious Russian markings…

Go ahead. Post a picture of a Beech 18 with a nosewheel :^)

I know. Taildraggers (and the people who fly them) are museum pieces, and everyone else wishes they'd just go away.

And yet ... Shiny (my favorite Socialist and fellow museum piece) disagrees with me on this, but I think taildraggers are wonderful trainers. See, even if the instructor is weak and forgiving, the taildragger certainly will not be on dry pavement. It will brutally teach the student a lesson about yaw control.

Yaw control. A fundamental stick and rudder skill. Does it matter any more? Well, if you want to land in a crosswind, control an aircraft during a stall, or avoid crashing a twin after an engine failure .... well, yes. Controlling yaw is actually pretty darned important.



Yeah, I know, he's probably left seat at Air Canada now, so does it really matter? I get it. But can I ask, how well did this King Air pilot control yaw after takeoff?

I would rather have any of those than a Cirrus, or even worse a Cirrus with a conventional gear conversion.