Tail Wheel Endorsement and Recertification

Well, I was going to have to start flying sooner or later to get up to speed. So, I started flying again February, 19 with Taylor Matta and his Super Decathlon out of Deer Valley (KDVT) with two objectives. First, to acquire a tail wheel endorsement (might be a good idea since I'm building a tail wheel aircraft). Second, to get recurrent on my private pilot license since I hadn't flown in 14 years.

I knew the tail wheel endorsement would take somewhere around 10hrs of training to acquire, however, I had know idea how long it might take to get back up to speed for my private pilot license.

After 13.1 hours, I received my tail wheel endorsement AND passed my Biennial Flight Review check ride on Monday, March 9th. So, I'm good to go. All thanks to Taylor. He is an excellent instructor and very patient.

Here are a couple of videos and some pics from a cross country trip to Grapevine airport (88AZ) on the 6th of March. Photo credits: Taylor Matta

Here are a few pics I took.

Instructor - Taylor Matta