08/30/2026
I’ve been busy doing ag work in Texas the last year and haven’t had much time for training, but I’m planning on doing a small number of tailwheel endorsements out of 43XA in September and early October and out of 38MS in late October and November.
Whether it’s a tailwheel endorsement or advanced tailwheel training, I’d like to help you out!
My basic tailwheel endorsement course consists of:
Flight training in a 1979 PA-18-150 on 8.50’s.
-Getting to know the Super Cub: (Operating handbook, performance charts, cockpit layout)
-Basic air work: (climbs, descents, steep turns, stalls, flying a pattern, go-arounds, etc).
-Basic ground handling: normal taxiing, high-speed taxiing with the tail up, rolling down the runway on one wheel
-Normal and crosswind takeoffs and landings including three-point and wheel landings
-Ground training: briefing and debriefing each lesson
Most students average 10 hours to finish the course. I will sign you off when you can safely perform three 3-point and three wheel landings in a row without assistance. Most students get hung up on crosswind technique. If you have a poorly developed crosswind technique, it will take you several hours longer to finish the course than someone that has good crosswind technique.
Advanced tailwheel training: For the pilot who already has a tailwheel endorsement and just wants to hone their skills or work on problem areas. This is where the more technical stick and rudder work comes into play.
This training can be tailored to meet your needs or future goals. I typically focus on short and soft-field takeoffs and landings, downwind takeoffs and landings, and operations in and out of more challenging strips.
Training on 35” bushwheels can be incorporated into the advanced tailwheel training.
I am a working ag pilot and before I got into ag, I flew part 135 air taxi in Maine, Louisiana, and Alaska. I think that nearly 7000 hours total time, including 4000 tailwheel and 1500 on floats, has given me a unique set of stick and rudder skills that I am striving to improve upon daily. I’d like to share that experience with you! You can probably find less expensive tailwheel training with a less-experienced instructor and lesser-performing aircraft, but when you finish my training you will have received techniques gleaned from my experience flying for hire around the country! When you finish my course you will have the skills and confidence to go fly a tailwheel airplane most anywhere you like!
Call Rob at 662-962-4840 for more information and to schedule your training.
