Light Aircraft Association Taildraggers

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	"Real Aviators Fly Taildraggers" sticker. Vinyl sticker bearing the unarguable opinion that Real Aviators Fly Taildraggers!! 18 x 4cms, with reverse adhesion, allowing it to be stuck on the inside of car windows, cockpit windows, front room windows - anywhere it can be seen!! £2.50 INC p&p. Price: £2.50 (Including VAT at 17.5%)


	The Compleat Taildragger Pilot Written by a pilot with 38 years of Taildragger flying behind him, this is very much for the flyer wishing to explore taildragger flying in depth, whether as a student, or as a more experienced pilot. Contains much new information on torque, cross wind landing gear, P-factor, and crabbed crosswind landings. Other chapters include : the warm up, concepts & the environment, ground ops, takeoffs, landings, transition program, the instructor, characteristics, etc. Students will benefit from the clear and concise explanations of manoeuvres etc, and more experienced pilots will likewise benefit from the detailed descriptions of more complex handling procedures. An essential manual for all taildraggers, the book is large-format, softback, with 263 pages, illustrated with charts, diagrams, formulae, etc. Price: £24.95


	Conventional Gear - Flying a Taildragger The author, David Robson, has been flying taildraggers for forty-five years, and puts his vast experience to excellent use in this book. Taildraggers demand exceptional piloting skills, and the author explains simply and clearly, but in depth, exactly how to fly any aircraft with conventional gear, whether antique, warbird or modern. Beginning with the theory and dynamics of the tail wheel airplane, the book goes on to describe flight techniques, ground ops, takeoff, wind effects, low level flying, approach and landing, etc. It then goes on to look at specfic taildraggers, such as Austers, Tiger Moths, Pitts etc, with pilots' accounts of memorable flights. 210 pages, illustrated throughout. Price: £18.00


	Taming the Taildragger A flight manual on flying the classic tailwheel aircraft. Written by John Ball, and now in it's 6th edition, this is a very useful source of information for the taildragger enthusiast, including chapters on taxi-ing, take-off, cruising, landing, crosswinds, cold weather procedures, emergencies etc. Price: £12.00

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