Originally posted by galdri
Yeah, the Cub is a wonderful little aircraft. I’ve got over 200 hrs. in the old J3 and I loved every minute of it!:D 😀

The old girl even got me my first job as a flight instructor years ago. I had been beating the bushes trying to get a job, but the all I got was a big fat NO. Then a flight school bought a C140 to offer taildragger check-outs, but none of the current instructors had any taildragger time. At the time it was considered a minor point by the school’s owner, that however changed after the CFI groundlooped the 140 on the very first flight:rolleyes: doing some impressive damage to the left wing. Once the aircraft was repaired they offered me a job as taildragger instructor, and I got over 200 hrs on the 140:D 😀

However, I believe the J3 Cub to be one of the best teachers available out there. It won’t bite you, but it will deffinatly tell you when you have to correct your ways of handling an aircraft. The Cub certainly taught me a lot more than any ‘instructor’ ever did.

You can always rely on a taildragger to teach you something even if only how to embarrass yourself when you get it wrong. They certainly remind a pilot what feet are for