wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (09/04/85)
> Three planes I've flown recently, you really don't want to land stalled-- > > Citabria in a wheel landing I *do* assume you mean, "accidental stall while attempting a wheel landing." It's been quite a few years since I flogged Champion 60 Golf around the pattern, but seems the terms "stall" and "wheel landing" are mutually exclusive. Admittedly, you might have a stall landing at less than 3-point, but a "wheel" landing implies excess speed to allow control in a crosswind, to let you plant the upwind wheel first. Champ 60 Golf was a '67 model, which was either the first or second year to get the "modern" spring-steel main gear. Earlier Citabrias had the Aeronca-style gear. It also had the old Citabria insignia, which was a caricature of a Citabria at the top of a loop, with eyes looking nervously towards the ground. 'Way back in my CAP cadet days, I got my picture in Airman Magazine (USAF's glossy mag) standing by the tail of 'ol Sixty Golf. Ah, memories.... Ron Wanttaja (ssc-vax!wanttaja) You can tell a bomber pilot by the spread around his rear, By the ring around his eyeball, you can tell a bombardier, You can tell a navigator, by his charts and maps and such, You can tell a fighter pilot... but you can't tell him much!