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Taildraggers, Inc. - Tailwheel Training / Instructors
It's getting harder to find a CFI or flight school where a pilot or
student can learn the skills necessary to operate a tailwheel aircraft.
We want to get as many Fight Schools and CFI's listed here as possible in
the hopes that it will help you either learn to fly a taildragger, get
recurrent training, or locate an aircraft for rent.
If you are a tailwheel instructor, Flight School, or know someone who is,
please
click HERE to learn how to get added to this list.
When you contact the people listed here, please be sure to mention that you
found them on Taildraggers, Inc.
Arizona
Grant Smith
Instructor: Grant Smith
Location: Sahaurita, AZ (near Tucson)
Telephone: (425) 271-7464 (Home/Business) or (206) 660-3188 (Cell)
Email: Click Here or Click Here to Send a Message
Additional Information: I train in others peoples aircraft, STC or Experimental. If people call I will set
them up with a local school or find a taildragger to train in. I will also travel for training and frequent
major air shows and alternate between WA and AZ. I recommend J3 instruction with George Kirkish who
has two Piper J-3s one at BFI and one at Vashon Island (206) 567-4994. 40 years of tailwheel experience,
ultralight to multi-engine, Cessna 180 and 195.
California
Aerodynamic Aviation
Instructor: Rich Digrazzi
Location: Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County, San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Telephone: (650) 207-6488
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Aircraft: Citabria (7ECA and 7KCAB), Super Decathlon, Cessna 170, Taylorcraft L2, Aeronca Champ, Zlin
Savage Cub
Rental Rates: $68 to $129 depending on aircraft
Instruction Rates: $50 per hour
Solo Rentals Available: Yes
Additional Information: I am an ATP rated pilot with CFI, CFII, MEI, Glider CFI. I have given over 1500
hours of instruction, with around 900 in tailwheel aircraft. I have taught basic and advanced aerobatics,
plus unusual attitude and emergency upset recovery training. I would be happy to speak to you about
learning to fly these classic aircraft, or adding a tailwheel endorsement if you are already a licensed pilot.
Ann Elsbach, Travelling CFI
Instructor: Ann Elsbach
Location: Murray Field Airport, Eureka, CA (KEKA), and Palo Alto Airport, Palo Alto, CA (KPAO)
Telephone: (650) 868-5773
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.flyaecfi.com and www.tailwheelcfi.com
Instruction Rates: Packages available
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: I fly anywhere in the US to work with tailwheel transition students. I have been a
CFI for 35 years and have 12,000 hours total time, the majority in tailwheel airplanes. I have flown 45
different models of taildraggers. One of my specialties over the years has been to work with folks who
have a fear of flying, or shall we say are less than comfortable in an airplane. I have also worked with
those who saw themselves as taking more time learning than most. I am a very patient instructor who has
a contagious love for flying, especially in tailwheel aircraft.
Anouck Le Bris
Instructor: Anouck Le Bris
Location: San Luis County Regional Airport, San Luis Obispo, CA (KSBP)
Telephone: (831) 524-0644
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Additional Information: Learn to fly in France in old biplane and low wings tailwheel aircraft. Became an
instructor in the U.S. and taught primary training in tailwheel aircraft for four years (Citabria, Decathlon,
Cessna 180, TravelAir 4000, Cessna195) before heading to other jobs. Currently flying an Airtanker in
fire suppression missions for the State of California. Love taildraggers, and always looking forward to fly
them.
Fly The Wing
Instructor: Garry Wing
Location: Gillespie Field Airport, San Diego / El Cajon, CA (KSEE)
Telephone: (619) 512-3080
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.FlyTheWing.com
Aircraft: 2007 American Legend AL-3 Cub (Army L-4 Combat paint)
Rental Rates: $119/hr wet
Instruction Rates: $60/hr Flight and Ground
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: 35-years flying experience; own my planes, all lessons include in-flight HD
video/audio recording (so you can go home and watch your bounces in High-Def!)
Skyhoppers Aerial Adventures
Instructor: Andrew Dilworth
Location: Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County, San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Telephone: (800) 515-4225
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.flyskyhoppers.com
Aircraft: Cessna 180K Skywagon II, 230hp.
Rental Rates: $190/hr
Instruction Rates: $85/hr
Solo Rentals Available: Accompanied flights available for per diem only, for qualifying pilots.
Additional Information: Andrew Dilworth of SkyHoppers Aerial Adventures is a career CFI operating the
only Cessna 180 for dual instruction and accompanied long-distance flights in the lower 48 U.S. We also
offer private flight training excursions into Baja, the inter-mountain west, and the Caribbean.
Colorado
Real World Flight Training
Instructor: Michael Maya Charles
Location: Erie Municipal Airport, Erie, CO (KEIK)
Telephone: (303) 604-0746
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.realworldflighttraining.com
Aircraft: Customer Aircraft Only
Instruction Rates: $75/hr
Additional Information: Master CFI, 38 years of instructing, several thousand hours of tailwheel
experience in a wide variety of aircraft. Owner of several tailwheel aircraft, including Cub and C-180/185.
See complete CV on our site: www.realworldflighttraining.com/Resume.html
Florida
Akro Aircraft Sales & Flight Inc.
Instructor: Ray Dyson
Location: Indian River Aerodrome, Vero Beach, FL (FL74)
Telephone: (772) 201-1816
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: http://www.rayshangar.com/
Instruction Rates: Personal Aircraft or Ray's Super Cub: $100/hr, Extra 300L Aerobatic Instruction $275
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: With over 40 years and nearly 30,000 hours in conventional gear airplanes, Ray
Dyson has become a master of a dying art. In the age of jet engines, electronic displays, and tricycle gear
design, a wealth of knowledge, and the romance of aviation past, is being lost. Through his company Akro Aircraft Sales & Flight Inc., Ray aspires to inspire a new generation of aviators by sharing his years flying
in radial engines, bi-planes, agricultural spray planes, conventional gear and high performance acrobatic
airplanes. As a Certified Flight Instructor, Ray offers intermediate to advanced instruction in
conventional gear and acrobatic aircraft. If it has a tailwheel, then Ray has probably flown it.
Dylan Aviation, Inc.
Instructor: Jim Alsip, Master CFI-Aerobatic
Location: Indiantown Airport, Indiantown, FL (X58) or North Palm Beach Co., West Palm Beach, FL (F45)
Telephone: (772) 485-6761
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.dylanaviation.com
Aircraft: Super Decathlon, Super Cub Pitts S2A
Rental Rates: Super Decathlon $160/hr
Super Cub $90/hr
Pitts S2A $225/hr
Instruction Rates: $45/hr for tailwheel instruction
$70/hr for aerobatic instruction
Solo Rentals Available: Yes, in Super Cub with qualification
Additional Information: Dylan Aviation Aerobatic Flight School is a stick and rudder flight school
specializing in aerobatic training, emergency maneuver training, spin and upset recovery and tail wheel
training. Fly with Dylan Aviation and enjoy a five star venue: Location – S.W. Florida – great weather and
close to south Florida attractions. Dual instruction from a Master Certified Flight Instructor – Aerobatic. A
proven syllabus to promote easy learning and thorough understanding. Aircraft suited to your ability and
purpose: Super Cub, Super Decathlon or Pitts S2 Authentic country inn offers over night southern
hospitality. Make Dylan Aviation your Florida destination for advanced flight training. Come to
Indiantown, Florida and fly for a day or fly for a week from the longest grass runway in the USA. Consider
a Fly Florida Get Away Vacation to relax in Florida’s fantastic weather, and experience “old southern”
hospitality at the historic and charmingly restored Seminole Inn. Select a flight instruction package that
will sharpen your flying skills, and provide you a lot of fun.
Preston Aviation, LLC
Instructor: Tim Preston
Office Mgr & Boss: Peggy Preston
Mascot: Rocket Dog
Location: Winter Haven't Gilbert Airport, Winter Haven, FL (KGIF)
Telephone: (863) 956-2526
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.PrestonAviation.net or www.flytailwheel.com
Aircraft: PT-17 Stearman and Piper J3 Cub
Instruction Rates: Stearman: $320/hr
J3 Cub: $130/hr
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: Preston Aviation has specialized in tailwheel instruction since 1994. Tim has
over 11,500 TT, the majority of that time in tailwheel aircraft. We offer training to pilots interested in
getting their tailwheel endorsement, high performance endorsement, tailwheel transitions, biennial flight
reviews, spin training, proficiency, refreshers or just some fun flying to enter into their log book. Foreign
pilots are not required to get TSA clearance to get the tailwheel endorsement.
Tailwheels Etc, Inc.
Instructor: Jonathan R. Amundsen
Location: Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport, Winter Haven, FL (KGIF)
Telephone: (863) 412-7865
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.TailwheelsEtc.com
Aircraft: Aeronca 7EC Champ, Taylorcraft BC-12D, Citabria 7ECA, Stearman
Rental Rates: 7EC, 7ECA, BC12D $130/hr Dual
Stearman $350/hr Dual
Instruction Rates: $50/hr
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: Experience in most types of tailwheels: Aeronca, Cessna, Piper, Stinson,
Stearman, Pitts, many Experimentals. Also Certified A&P/IA. Spin training, basic Aerobatics. We're a
fun, family run business with friends all over the world.
Idaho
Stick & Rudder Aviation
Instructor: Paul Leadabrand
Location: Gowen Field, Boise, ID (KBOI)
Telephone: (208) 477-1318
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.stick-rudder.com
Aircraft: Kitfox SLSA - Tailwheel configured, with tundra tires.
Rental Rates: $115-125/hr
Instruction Rates: $50/hr
Solo Rentals Available: Yes
Additional Information: The FIRST in the world to offer a Kitfox to the public for flight training for
backcountry proficiency, tailwheel endorsements, and Sport Pilot training. The Kitfox is also available for
rent post the completion of a flight training program and meeting the insurance minimums. Paul has 37
years and 13,000 hours of flight training experience.
Canyon Flying
Instructor: Amy L. Hoover
Location: McCall Municipal Airport, McCall, ID (KMYL) and Bowers Field, Ellensburg, WA (KELN)
Telephone: (509) 899-5178
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.canyonflying.com
Aircraft: 2009 American Champion Explorer
Rental Rates: $150/hr
Instruction Rates: $45/hr
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: I have been flying and teaching in the Idaho back country for 22 years.
Instruction in your aircraft or mine out of McCall Idaho June - August. Instruction in the Washington
Cascades Sept - May.
Illinois
Allmond Aviation, LLC
Instructors: Adama and Renae Allmond
Location: Mount Hawley Auxiliary Airport, Peoria, IL (3MY)
Telephone: (309) 258-1459
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.allmondaviation.com
Aircraft: Aeronca 7AC Champ
Rental Rates: $69/hr wet
Instruction Rates: $30/hr
Solo Rentals Available: Yes
Additional Information: Over 7,000 hour combined experience. The Champ is perfect for light sport or
just a simple tailwheel endorsement. We do this full time so there is no problem finding a schedule that
works for you.
Votaw Aviation
Instructor: Diana Votaw
Location: Sparta Community Airport - Hunter Field, Sparta, IL (KSAR)
Telephone: (314) 537-7381
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.votawaviation.com
Aircraft: CubCrafters Sport Cub
Rental Rates: $165.00/hour all inclusive
Instruction Rates: $60/hr - your airplane
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: Sparta Airport is ideally suited for tailwheel training. It has intersecting grass
runways making for more days with gentle or no cross winds. The runways are well maintained and grass
is more forgiving of the new student than hard surface. The CubCrafters Sport Cub is a new version of an
old favorite. It is an excellent training platform. It is easy to fly, provides excellent feedback, can be
flown with the windows open for that real invigorating flying experience and has a very slow landing speed
making your time on the ground easier to manage.
Indiana
Chris Atwood
Instructor: Chris Atwood
Location: Eagle Creek Airpark (KEYE) and Greenwood Municipal Airport (KHFY), Indianapolis, IN
Telephone: (317) 331-1609
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Instruction Rates: $40/hr and up
Additional Information: Vast experience in Citabria, Super Decathlon, Scout, Cub's, Champs, Cessna 140,
170, 180, 195, PA-16,-17,-18-20, Stearman, Pitts, Maule, Husky, Taylorcraft, Vans RV, Aerobatics,
Seaplane and Multi-engine instruction as well.
Iowa
Greg Bockelman
Location: Dubuque, IA (KDBQ)
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Instruction Rates: $50/hour
Additional Information: Greg is a CFI who offers tailwheel checkouts and endorsements in your airplane. If you have bought an airplane, and need a hand getting up to speed, contact Greg. All aircraft and
students will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Star Aerobatics Co.
Instructor: Eddie Merchant
Location: The Eastern Iowa Airport, Cedar Rapids, IA (KCID)
Telephone: (319) 310-3000
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Aircraft: Pitts S-2B, S-2C
Rates: Please Contact
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: I have 37 years of professional aviation experience, with over 14,000 flight
hours, and 8,000 hours in tailwheels. I have flown on two formation teams, and been an airshow pilot
since 1973. In have experience in everything from Cubs to all types of Pitts aircraft, including turboprop
and jet aircraft (L39, etc). I am also available for aircraft ferrying and test flights.
Kansas
Knife Edge Aerobatics
Instructor: Anthony (Tony) Johnstone
Location: Strother Field, Winfield, KS (KWLD)
Telephone: Office 620-221-8930 Home 620-221-1381
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Aircraft: Super Decathlon
Rental Rates: $180/hr dual
Instruction Rates: $50/hr in other aircraft, $60/hr for aerobatic instruction.
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: Operating since 2003 with a perfect safety record; Instructor has over 40 years
flying experience, MCFI-Aerobatic; FAASTeam Rep. Experience in many different tailwheel aircraft, can
give dual in customer aircraft. Aerobatic training also available. KWLD is a low-traffic environment, no
wasted time, also grass strip close by for grass-field training.
Maryland
DC Aerobatics / Flying Lemur, Inc.
Instructor: Adam Cope
Location: Potomac Airfield, Fort Washington, MD (VKX)
Telephone Number: (703) 623-9445
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.dcaerobatics.com
Aircraft: Super Decathlon
Instruction Rates: $180 per class
Additional Information: Aerobatic training; emergency upset training; spin training; tail wheel
endorsement; aerobatic competition training. Total time 3000+ Time as instructor 2300+ Aerobatic
instruction time 2000+
Raintree Aviation
Instructor: Daniel L. McCaffery
Location: Cecil County Airport, Elkton MD (58M)
Telephone Number: (410) 398-0234 (Airport) or (410) 978-8374 (Cell)
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Aircraft: None, Customer's Aircraft Only (for now)
Instruction Rates: $60.00/hr
Additional Information: I have experience in the following types of aircraft: Douglas DC-3 (former FAA
proficiency pilot examiner for DC-3), Beech D-18/C-45, Pitts S-1S and S-1SC, Stearman, Vans RV-4 and
RV-7, Stitts Playboy, Cessna 170,180,195,L-19, North American AT-6, Piper J-3, PA-18, PA-16, PA-20,
Aeronca 7AC, 11AC, Champion Citabria, and Luscombe 8A, 8F. I have over 1100 hours in tailwheel
aircraft and 16,000 hours total flight time. We Are hoping to get a rental aircraft to offer for instruction
and solo rental, but have not acquired one yet.
Aerosport Limited
Instructor: Joe Gavreau
Location: Freeway Airport, Mitchellville, MD (W00)
Telephone: See Website Below
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.aerosportlimited.com
Aircraft: American Champion 7GCBC
Rental Rates: $161/hr dual & wet
Instruction Rates: $60/hr
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: Located at convenient Freeway Airport in Bowie, Maryland, Aerosport Limited
has been striving to put the fun back in flying since 2004. Our mission is to expand your horizons by
providing you a lifetime opportunity to learn flying the way it should be. We provide tailwheel instruction
(so that you can fly all the FUN planes), spin training (not only to satisfy the requirements for the flight
instructor certificate, but also to make you more confident and comfortable with the airplane in different
attitudes), and basic aerobatic instruction.
Minnesota
Dave Autio
Instructor: Dave Autio
Location: Anoka County - Blaine Airport, Minneapolis, MN (KANE)
Telephone: (763) 229-4987
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Instruction Rates: $35/hr
Additional Information: I am an independent instructor willing to train in your Citabria. I am also a club
instructor with our local flying club.
Tom Foster
Instructor: Tom Foster
Location: Lake Elmo Airport, St. Paul, MN (21D)
Telephone: (651) 402-7563
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Aircraft: Champ/Citabria, Cessna 140 thru 185
Instruction Rates: $42/hr
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: As an independent flight instructor, I'm available to teach in your tail wheel
aircraft both initial endorsement and recurrent training. Wheels or skis. Experience includes all the
Aeronca/Champion/Citabria series from the Champ to the KCAB, and Cessna's from the 140/120 to the
185. Also, I do instrument training and multi-engine instruction. Both initial ratings and recurrent
training.
Missouri
Advanced Tailwheel Training, LLC.
Instructor: Ron Dillard
Location: Creve Coeur Airport, Maryland, MO (1H0)
Telephone: (636) 236-5142
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: http://www.advancedtailwheeltraining.com
Aircraft: Bellanca Citabria 7ECA
Rates: $160.00 per hour flight with instructor -- $80.00 per hour ground instruction
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: Please visit our website's “About Us” page for complete details.
North Carolina
Sierra Tango Aviation, LLC.
Instructor: Shannon Coleman
Location: Henderson Field, Wallace, NC (KACZ) and Pink Hill Airport, Pink Hill, NC (4W9)
Telephone: (910) 290-3102
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.flyataildragger.com
Aircraft: Citabria 7ECA and Aeronca L-3C
Rental Rates: Citabria $85/hr wet (+3% tax), $125/hr dual
L-3C $65/hr wet (+3% tax) $100/hr dual
Instruction Rates: $40/hr
Solo Rentals Available: Yes
Additional Information: Our instructor has over 1200 hrs tailwheel time in several makes and models.
We ONLY train in taildraggers (unless we train you in your aircraft). We train on both pavement and turf.
Blue Ridge Sport Flight LLC
Instructor: Greg Collins
Location: Hendersonville Airport / Johnson Field, Hendersonville, NC (0A7)
Telephone: (828) 460-3646
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.blueridgesportflight.com
Aircraft: Aeronca 7AC Champ, 450 HP PT-17 Stearman
Rental Rates: Champ $80/hr
Stearman $400/hr
Instruction Rates: $40/hr
Solo Rentals Available: Yes
Additional Information: Greg is a Gold Seal Master CFI with thousands of hours of instruction given in
tailwheels. Greg is also an ATP, CFI, CFII, MEI, CSES, and an A&P IA. We are located on a great old
country airport in the Smokey Mountains. We support the Western North Carolina Air Musem.
Acro Dynamics LLC
Instructors: Michael Matthews, ATP MEII 4000hr
Ron Henry, ATP CFI retired Lt Col USAF A10 driver 13000hr
Location: Lake Norman Airpark, Mooresville, NC (14A)
Telephone: (336) 244-9592
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.acrodynamics.org
Aircraft: 1978 8KCAB Decathlon CS 150 hp
Rental Rates: $180/hr wet/dual/chutes
Instruction Rates: Included in rental rate
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: Acro Dynamics is a family business owned by 2 brothers that grew up immersed
in aviation. We have 2 instructors, both having racked up thousands of hours or flight experience in
hundreds of different aircraft. Michael Matthews has 7 years of aerobatic instruction and 4000hr under his
belt having flown over 100 different aircraft. He is currently a corporate pilot for Richard and Kyle Petty,
the NASCAR guys, and flies contract for various other NASCAR teams and companies. Mr. Ronald Henry is
a retired USAF Lt Col and comes from a long background of aviation, most recently flying DC's for the
airlines and the A 10 Warthog for the Maryland Air Guard. He is a 13000hr pilot. We offer high intensity
aerobatic training and tailwheel transitions in a land rich with challenging airports. We look forward to
flying in your aircraft or ours. Blue skies!!!
Table Rock Aviation
Instructor: Brandon NeSmith
Location: Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory, NC (KHKY)
Telephone: (828) 719-0391
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.tablerockaviation.com
Aircraft: CubCrafters SportCub
Rental Rates: $100/hr
Instruction Rates: $45/hr Flight; $35/hr Ground; and $55/hr Customer Aircraft
Solo Rentals Available: Yes for Student Pilots, Sport Pilots and Private Pilots
Additional Information: Brandon NeSmith is a 4000hr tailwheel instructor teaching 0 time students to be
comfortable on both paved runways and grass strips. Crosswind technique is what we love to teach and we
will put you in as much crosswind as we can find! Advanced tailwheel training is available to land in
confined areas less than 800ft and on sloped runways greater than 2%. Mountain flying techniques are
discussed and practiced around the Boone and Spruce Pine airports. You will have the opportunity to land
at airports both on the charts and off of the charts! We can be insured in the following tailwheel aircraft
types: Piper Cub and Super Cub, Citabria, Decathlon, Aeronca Champ, Luscombe, RV-4,6,8, Cessna
180/185, Maule MX-7, PT-17 Stearman, Pitts S-2 series, Cessna L-19 Birdog, Beucker Jungmann, Aviat
Husky, and of course the Super Sport Cub. At the end of your training we want you to feel confident and
be safe flying a tailwheel airplane on all types of surfaces under all kinds of wind conditions!
Ohio
Ohio Light Sport / WBDJ, LLC. / Bill See
Instructor: John William See
Location: Chapman Memorial Airfield, Centerburg, OH (OH71)
Telephone: (740) 625-6803
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.ohiolightsport.com
Aircraft: Aeronca 7AC, Cessna 150, Aeronca Defender Warbird
Rental Rates: $60/hr wet
Instruction Rates: $15/hr in our airplane, $30/hr in your airplane
Solo Rentals Available: ABSOLUTELY! (Yes)
Additional Information: 6000 TT CFII, MEII and AP/IA. We are constantly restoring tube and fabric, tail
wheel aircraft so the rental aircraft are constantly changing. During the winter months we offer flying in a
Champ on ski's. Most of our aircraft restoration is completed during December to March of each year.
We welcome pilots and owners to come and stay anytime in our bunkhouse facility at $30 per night.
Oklahoma
Chickasha Wings, Inc.
Instructor: Mitch Williams
Location: Chickasha Municipal Airport, Chickasha, OK (KCHK)
Telephone: (405) 224-8359
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.chickashawings.com
Aircraft: Cessna 140
Rental Rates: $100/hr
Instruction Rates: $39/hr
Solo Rentals Available: No
Skypatch Systems
Instructor: Raylon Rogers
Location: Biggs Skypatch Airport, Wellston, OK (43OK)
Telephone: (405) 258-0717
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.taildraggers.com/default.aspx?raylon
Aircraft: Cessna 180
Rental Rates: $150/hr
Instruction Rates: $40/hr yours or mine; $25/hr ground; No charge for quizzes
Solo Rentals Available: Yes, if you pay insurance costs
Additional Information: Skypatch Systems has specialized in tailwheel instruction with emphases on
"Stick & Rudder/Seat of The Pants" flying skills since 1970. Raylon has over 10,000 TT, the majority of
that time in tailwheel aircraft. We offer training to pilots interested in getting their tailwheel, high
performance, complex endorsement, tailwheel transitions, biennial flight reviews, spin training,
proficiency, refreshers or just some fun flying to enter into their log book. Foreign pilots are not required
to get TSA clearance to get the tailwheel endorsement.
Pennsylvania
Barnstormer Aviation LLC
Instructor: Tom Harry
Location: Bermudian Valley Airpark, East Berlin, PA (07N)
Telephone: (717) 421-7889
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Aircraft: (2) Aeronca Champs
Rental Rates: $85/hr wet
Instruction Rates: $25/hr
Solo Rentals Available: Yes
Additional Information: Two Instructors (Tom is a retired airline pilot), real tailwheel experience off of a grass strip, LSA, PPL, BFR, tailwheel endorsements available.
Dan McCormack
Instructor: Dan McCormack
Location: Smoketown Airport, Smoketown, PA (S37)
Telephone: (724) 880-4809
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: http://flightmusings.blogspot.com/
Aircraft: 1940 Aeronca Chief 65-LA (instruction only)
Rental Rates: $65/hr
Instruction Rates: $30/hr
Solo Rentals Available: Yes
Additional Information: In addition to my 1940 Aeronca Chief, I also specialize in Bonanza, large singles,
Technically Advanced Aircraft, and Flight Reviews.
Legacy Aviation Services, LLC.
Instructor: Paul Patterson
Location: Finleyville Airpark, Finleyville, PA (G05)
Telephone: (412) 337-1498
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.littlebluechamp.com
Aircraft: Aeronca 7AC Champ
Rental Rates: $75/hr (Tach time, no Hobbs)
Instruction Rates: $35/hr (Tach time, no Hobbs)
Solo Rentals Available: No - See Below
Additional Information: With regards to Solo Rentals, After they get the endorsement, I offer to sleep in
the back seat while they fly the Champ, and charge for airplane only - no instructor charge. I tell them
that if at any time they scare me awake, I will charge instruction for the entire flight. For more
information about our services, please visit our website.
South Carolina
N6821G, Inc.
Instructor: Carla I. Mueller
Location: Recently relocated to Lexington SC and looking for an airport to base at. Will travel to
surrounding airports to teach.
Telephone: (727) 457-0489
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: Coming Soon!
Aircraft: C-150, currently own and teach in, but do have 200+ tailwheel time in various tailwheel types
including Maule, C185/180, Taylorcraft BC12D, C-140, PT17, Mustang II MUS2, Luscombe, Cub, etc.
Rental Rates: Negotiable
Instruction Rates: $40/hr (negotiable)
Additional Information: I currently have 5000+ hours, love to teach, easy going, have my ATP and great
instrument time flying single pilot freight, I love to teach instruments as well, and I am also a Sport Pilot
instructor, I was working for the FAA in the Light Sport Aviation department. (Please don't hold that
against me).
Texas
ProMark Aviation Services
Instructor: Ken Wittekiend, MCFI & DPE
Location: Burnet Municipal Airport, Burnet, TX (KBMQ)
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.promarkaviation.net
Aircraft: Piper PA18 Super Cub (dual only), Remos GX LSA, Cessna 172
Rental Rates: Super Cub $180/hr Dual
Remos $105/hr Dual
Cessna 172 $110/hr Dual
Instruction Rates: $50/hr
Solo Rentals Available: Yes, in the Cessna and Remos
Additional Information: Ken Wittekiend is a 3 time Master CFI, Gold Seal instructor, 2009 CFI of the Year
for the Southwest Region & FAA Designated Pilot Examiner with over 5000 hours of dual given. Tailwheel
training in the Beautiful Texas Hill Country.
Virginia
Aviators Unlimited
Instructor: Johnny White
Location: Virginia Highlands Airport, Abingdon, VA (KVJI)
Telephone: (276) 614-0412
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.aviatorsunlimited.us
Aircraft: Citabria Aurora, J3 Cub, Pitts S2C, Cessna 180
Rental Rates: Citabria Aurora $150.00 Dual / $125.00 Solo
Pitts S2C $325.00 Dual
Piper J3 Cub $125.00 Dual /$100.00 Solo
Instruction Rates: $40/hr Flt. & Ground
$50/hr. Owner aircraft
Solo Rentals Available: Yes
Additional Information: I specialize in Sport / Recreational / Aerobatic & Spin Flight Training in
Tailwheel type Aircraft. I put strong emphases on "Stick & Rudder and Seat of The Pants" flying skills.
ATP/CFI A&P IA with 45 years and 29000+ hours in 208 different aircraft. Experienced in most Biplanes
(Waco, Stearmans, Pitts, Great Lakes, Skybolt, Acro Sport), Cub, Champ, Luscombe, Citabrias, RV's,
Cessna 180/185, Beech18.
Bay Aviation
Instructor: Michael Kuhnert
Location: Hummel Field Airport, Saluda, VA (W75)
Telephone: (804) 436 2977
Email: Please Visit Website
Website: www.bayaviationonline.com
Aircraft: 1943 Fairchild PT-19
Rental Rates: $250/hour including CFI
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: We are proud to offer training in this rare aircraft,of which currently only 98
flying worldwide.She is a very nicely handling aircraft and there is of course the additional attraction of
flying open cockpit. Michael has 4900 hours total time, 1000 hours tailwheel, and 2000 hours CFI.
Curtis Eads Flight Center
Instructor: Tom Stevens
Location: Hampton Roads Executive Airport, Norfolk, VA (KPVG)
Telephone: (757) 465-1692
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Aircraft: 1974 Citabria
Rental Rates: $135/hr wet
Instruction Rates: $40/hr
Solo Rentals Available: Yes
Additional Information: Tom has over 13000 hours. The flight school also offers other aircraft,
including: Cessna 152, Cessna 172, Piper Warrior II, Cirrus SR20, Cessna Cutlass RG, Beech Dutchess.
Washington
Grant Smith
Instructor: Grant Smith
Location: Renton, WA
Telephone: (425) 271-7464 (Home/Business) or (206) 660-3188 (Cell)
Email: Click Here or Click Here to Send a Message
Additional Information: I train in others peoples aircraft, STC or Experimental. If people call I will set
them up with a local school or find a taildrager to train in. I will also travel for training and frequent major air shows and alternate between WA and AZ. I recommend J3 instruction with George Kirkish who has two
Piper J-3s one at BFI and one at Vashon Island (206) 567-4994
Vashon Island Air
Instructor: George Kirkish
Location: Vashon Municipal Airport, Vashon, WA (2S1) and Boeing Field, Seattle, WA (KBFI)
Telephone: (206) 567-4994 or 1-877-ISLE-AIR
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.island-air.com
Aircraft: Piper J-3 Cub
Solo Rentals Available: Yes
Additional Information: Over 20,000 hours flying experience in taildraggers, teaching primary students
in a J-3 Piper cub. I teach out of Boeing field (35th busiest airport in the US), as well as Vashon Muni 1900'
grass runway. Vashon Island Air is proud be able to provide classic 1946 J-3 Piper cubs for you to fly while
obtaining your private pilot certificate. This is a very rare, and magical experience to fly off a 1900 foot
grass airstrip in a J-3 Cub. I like to train my pilots to be able to handle all situations, from a short strip
like Vashon Muni to the highly controlled, heavy communication environment like Boeing Field and
everything in between. By the time you finish my training you won't be intimidated by anything. You'll feel
like the master of the aircraft, the Pilot-in-Command. I would compare the flying skills of my private pilot
student with the skills of a Commercial pilot with 200-300 hours by the time you finish my course. The J-
3 was the trainer used by hundreds of thousands of pilots and really teaches you how to fly with basic stick
and rudder skills. It teaches the pilot to use a lot of finesse on the controls, and has a lot to teach any
pilot. If you can fly a cub, you can fly anything!
Canyon Flying
Instructor: Amy L. Hoover
Location: McCall Municipal Airport, McCall, ID (KMYL) and Bowers Field, Ellensburg, WA (KELN)
Telephone: (509) 899-5178
Email: Click Here to Send a Message
Website: www.canyonflying.com
Aircraft: 2009 American Champion Explorer
Rental Rates: $150/hr
Instruction Rates: $45/hr
Solo Rentals Available: No
Additional Information: I have been flying and teaching in the Idaho back country for 22 years.
Instruction in your aircraft or mine out of McCall Idaho June - August. Instruction in the Washington
Cascades Sept - May.
Drop us a line anytime: webmaster@taildraggersinc.com
