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Do Stick-And-Rudder Skills Still Matter?
Stick and rudder is really a catchall phrase for basic skills available to any pilot willing to rediscover the magic that turns simple air travel into aviation elegance. By Paul Berge, Plane & Pilot magazine, January 2006.
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4 year old lands the J-3
Grandson asks the right question and lands the J-3 at Prairie Cottage Airport, 8KS8. From Aircraft Owner Online.
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Family Legend
Four generations build an heirloom from a prototype Cub. By Scott Spangler, Kitplanes, August 2011.
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Are we losing our stick and rudder skills?
It seems to be a widely held belief, that pilots today suffer from a serious lack of basic flying skill and that their inability to fly the airplane makes them particularly vulnerable when the chips get down. By Robert Goyer, Flying Blogs, December 1, 2009.
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Piper Cub Heaven
Here's where it all began. And here today is where more than 70 Piper J-3 Cubs, Vagabonds and a smattering of classic and antique taildraggers have come, for the 26th time, to celebrate Sentimental Journey, the annual pilgrimage of Cub owners to this verdant central Pennsylvania valley. By James Lawrence, Plane & Pilot magazine, August 9, 2011.
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Flight School: Tailwheel Training
As airports evolved from rough patches of ground to manicured grass fields to ramrod-straight, hard-surfaced runways, tailskids yielded to tailwheels, which in turn yielded to nosewheels. Yet in spite of the improved stability suggested by our nosewheel-dominated fleet, loss of directional control remains a top factor in landing and takeoff accidents. By Pia Bergqvist, Flying magazine, September 30, 2011.
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The Best Of All Possible Worlds
Imagine this: You make a two-point landing...or a four-point! Then you back-taxi, take off and fly over to a lake. You land on the smooth-as-glass, sparkling water and beach the amphib next to your friend’s beach party. After lunch, you and your buddy pile in to lake-skim the local waterways at 20 feet. Welcome to amphibious flying. By James Lawrence, Plane & Pilot magazine, September 6, 2011.
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Transitioning to a Tailwheel
Tailwheel endorsement... like learning to land all over again... exciting, challenging, and humbling all at the same time. By David Zitt, Sportys.com/LearnToFly, August 25, 2011.
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LSA the Homebuilt Way - Kenny Johnson’s clipped Super Cub
I was essentially building a Super Cub, but with much shorter wings. The primary difference between a J-3 and a Super Cub PA-18 fuselage is the structure in the top of the cabin and the way the wings attach. On a J-3, the fuselage tubing comes to a point in the middle over the passenger’s head in the front seat and forms a triangle with the wing fittings on the top. The Super Cub has an X-brace structure in the top of the cabin, and the attach fittings are on the outside above the windows. I took a bunch of pictures and measurements on a PA-18 and made everything to fit the Tri-Pacer wings. By Budd Davisson, Sport Aviation magazine, December 2009.
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Do Tailwheel-Trained Pilots Make Better Tri-Cycle Gear Pilots?
The tailwheel airplane is a better instructor with higher standards. The tailwheel airplane reminds the pilot every time the slightest misalignment takes place. By John Chmiel, Midwest Flyer, June/July 2011.
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Watch a Piper Cub in battle. This approximately 10-minute clip is a Hollywood depiction of a Piper Cub aiding in a military attack. Acknowledgements to "Cast a Giant Shadow," produced in 1966, by Batjac Productions.

First mention of the Cub is at 2:36. Kirk Douglass discusses bombing the advancing army "with half-empty pop bottles." The first visual of the Cub is at 3:46, and is piloted by Frank Sinatra. The Cub is first seen flying at 5:16 and the first "bomb" is dropped at 7:05. The Cub is seen again at 8:30, as it becomes the victim of an aerial attack. A memorable moment in silver screen dramatization! The movie also stars John Wayne.

Piper Cub in battle

 

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