Luscombe or Fleet Canuck

[mmm...bacon]

Ahh, so now we get to the nub of the matter - TC... I'd be willing to bet that if the Colonel decided that the only way he was going to get his laptop back was to go undercover at TC, and then tell us all about it on here, then he'd be your latest example of incompetence at the regulator.


We all get it - you got royally f@cked over by TC, and are still pi$$ed about it and fair enough.
BPF didn't meet your standards as a flight instructor, and so you fired him and that's fair enough also. 
Whats getting tiresome is you keeping on bashing BPF as if he's now the head of TC.  What if he's working as an airports inspector for them, and has no connection whatsoever to flight training? 

[Chuck Ellsworth]

Where he works in TC is immaterial, the fact that he was hired by TC demonstrates where pilots who really never make it go.


I can not speak for the Colonel but as far as I am concerned those of you who are satisfied with the way the regulator breaks the law deserve the regulation you get.


At least the Colonel and I have the self worth to post our opinions openly and are willing to back up what we say.


That in its self should validate that what we say is true.


Anyhow why don't you guys who are offended at my comments complain the TC?

[ScudRunner-d95]

Never flew the Luscombe, I learned to fly on the Canuck and think very highly of it. Once you get the hang of it every airplane I have flown in my 16 year career has been a piece of cake. I suppose that is true with most people who learned on a taildragger.

Not sure if your into float flying, I know they both can be fitted for it so you might want to consider performance and such in that regard.

Bottom line I think your going to have some fun either way.

[John Swallow]

"...the fact that he was hired by TC demonstrates where pilots who really never make it go."

Chuck:  you old curmudgeon, you.  Not true in every case...    I spent six years with TC and I'd had a reasonable career in aviation to that point.  (;>0)

Like every organization, there's good guys and some road apples.  During my time in the Atlantic region, we had  excellent rapport with those whom we served. 

"Not every one in TC is a plug; not everyone in industry is a KISA"*












*Knight In Shining Armour

[Colonel]

[quote]purchasing a Fleet Canuck and then being refused instruction by an instructor is not a serious question[/quote]

Not sure how much GA flying you've been doing
lately, but finding a tailwheel instructor these
days can be very difficult.

I understand you fly heavy Boeings.  Did you know
Peter Martin, by any chance?  He flew heavy Boeings,
retired a few years back, and tried to give some dual
on a Maule out at my tiny airport.  He destroyed it,
and it doesn't fly any more.

Like Peter Martin, and other heavy Boeing drivers,
you can treat tailwheel aircraft with contempt, but
evidence would suggest they can still bite you in the
ass.

If you don't believe me, pay a visit this weekend to
your local FTU and see how many of their instructors
are happy to instruct on taildraggers.

Reminds me.  A local instructor, thousands and thousands
of hours of dual given, tried to teach on a kitfox at my
airport.  Rolled it up into a ball, of course.  Taildragger.

Another guy, local contractor, bought a beautiful homebuilt
cub, tried to get some dual from one of the local good
old boys.  They wrinkled the fuselage, broke a wing spar.
Complete rebuild required.

Maybe I just don't have your GA tailwheel experience -
I only spent a quarter of a century continuously giving
tailwheel instruction as a class one instructor - but it
would seem to me that there is an epidemic of bad /
non-existent tailwheel instruction these days.

[Colonel]

You might not agree, but I think Chuck has a very
good point that TC has a serious deficiency in
regard to tailwheel ops.

In Ontario Region, there is precisely [i]one[/i] TC
Inspector that will actually climb into a taildragger.
I am not making this up.

As a class one instructor, I had a candidate with an
expired class three instructor rating, and he had to
do a flight test with a TC Inspector.

Nasty person that I am, I recommended to the candidate
that he do the class three instructor rating flight test
in his own Luscombe.

Naturally, the TC Inspector lost control of the Luscombe
during his attempt to land the taildragger, and the
candidate had to take control to avoid an accident.

Remember, this is TC's hottest stick in Ontario Region.

If you don't think that's a serious problem, well, I
guess we will just have to agree that the sky is a
nice colour on your planet, which is different from mine.

[Colonel]

Tailwheel shenanigans near me ....

Let's see.  Sonex lost control on the rollout on runway 6,
killed our PAPI and it leaked avgas in my hangar that night.


C140 from Cobden (grass) tried to land on paved runway
6 with a gentle crosswind.



Put it down sideways, flipped it over, almost killed the
air cadets by the side of the runway.


Another C140, this one from Rockcliffe:



And here's his instructor:



Why don't you get some tailwheel instruction
from him?

[David MacRay]

Monshure Sanders,

Please take a moment to consider a radical new routine. Instead of getting combative right away and pretending everyone wants to bicker, challenge you for alpha forum member or what have you, because they are super smart. What if some people, perhaps even more than half are genuinely asking a question or merely suggesting something?

This might happen because they are..

• [li]from a different part of Canada than The GTA[/li]
  [li]accidently got married and miss being a pilot[/li]
  [li]unaware of Peter Martin[/li]
  [li]curious[/li]
  [li]have enjoyed a different accident free aviation experience from yours
  [/li][li]just trying to enjoy a light conversation[/li]

Sure sometimes I have seen forum members at AvCan actually challenge you. Once in a while even I think I know something.

Much more often in my case I am not throwing down a gauntlet when I post questions or contrite statements. I am either hoping to share something or even better yet have you correct my information. I have come to learn that I would happily risk you smaking me for doing something dumb, for a chance to hang out and build airplanes and old Chevys in your hangar. Others are more sensitive. (Pussies? Maybe keep that word to yourself once in a while?)

I do believe others who may not wish to come clean also would like to chit chat about aviation. Possibly converse about the few instructors in Canada that actually do still offer decent tail wheel training. Instead of hearing about the guys busting planes up, again. Granted they seem to be as you point out a pretty small minority.

You don't have to change and be all nice and warm all the time. Maybe a few times a month? Just a thought.

Cheers, have a great week.
Your overweight inter web pal.
Dave.

[Gravel Digger]

C:-) I'm so glad Officer Dave from the behavioural modification unit stepped in. Officer Dave, thank you. Let's all do what officer Dave says  C:-)