The author, a new taildragger pilot, frequently cancels flight plans due to conservative crosswind limitations, highlighting a key downside of owning a tailwheel aircraft. While taildraggers offer ...

Tailwheel aircraft, while challenging, offer benefits such as superior performance on unimproved runways and enhanced pilot skills due to their unforgiving nature. Operating a tailwheel aircraft ...

Taildraggers remain a popular configuration for small aircraft, but they come with a significant risk during ground handling: ground loops. If the tail gets too far off course, it can swing around ...

I've got an old friend named Chuck. He flew a variety of aircraft, fixed wing and rotary, for the U.S. Army in Vietnam before going on to fly a flock of airliners ranging from the DC-9 to the BAe 146 ...

The crew of an Emirates Boeing 777 had to divert to London's Gatwick airport after they tried twice to land in a heavy crosswind at the flight's destination, Birmingham. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots ...