Grey Cat Aviation

Tailwheel training in a 1941 Piper J-5A Cub Cruiser.Classic aviation at its best.Earn your tailwheel endorsement...great experience for any level of pilot. Individualized flight instruction from Sport Pilot through ATP by a Gold Seal CFI, CFII, MEI. Check out our website at www.greycataviation.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many exciting, antique airplanes have conventional landing gear...tailwheels. Start your tailwheel adventures in a Piper J-5A Cub Cruiser, a classic tailwheel trainer. Most tailwheel endorsement take between 5 and 10 hours of instruction with an emphasis on three point and wheel landings.GreyCat Aviation tailwheel training is flown in a 1941 Piper J-5A Cub Cruiser based at the Hampton Roads Executive Airport (KPVG) using the many uncontrolled fields in the local area. The Piper J-5 ´Cub Cruiser´ (Army L-4F) is a larger, more powerful version of the Piper J-3 Cub. It was designed just two years after the J-3 Cub and differed by having a wider fuselage with the pilot sitting in the front seat and two passengers sitting in the rear seat. Originally equipped with a 75-hp Continental engine, the plane´s cruising speed was 75 mph. Though officially a three-seater, it would be more accurately described as a "two-and-a-half-seater", as two adults would find themselves quite cramped in the wider rear seat.

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