Tue, Jul 13, 2004
Vintage Aircraft Company Working On Tail wheel Transition
Standard
Time Pieces, a company that specializes in tailwheel, vintage,
and warbird co-ownership programs, is developing a standardized
tailwheel transition and CFI certification program to be formatted
as a FITS (FAA Industry Training Standards) program.
The company started operation in April, 2003 with the goal of
keeping vintage aviation alive by offering co-ownership options in
the great aircraft of yesteryear. Quickly though, the company
realized a shortage of qualified tailwheel instructors. Knowing it
could not have CFI’s with only 10 hours of tailwheel time
giving endorsements to the aircraft owners, the company set out the
create a training curriculum. Not long after, that, company
executives say inquiries started rolling in from across the
country. Eventually, Time Pieces tells ANN it found others could
benefit from such a program and began crafting the program to
benefit the entire tailwheel community.
"We hope that the program addresses several areas of concern.
There needs to be better defined requirements around the flight
checkouts and it needs to be more than just "Fly this way" because
Mr. Stryke Deprop said so," said Time Pieces in a release to ANN.
"It also became apparent there were many opinions on how to fly a
tailwheel aircraft but most were unsubstantiated and lacked
supporting knowledge. Therefore, extensive research into the flying
techniques used by the original pilots and manufacturers of these
aircraft will be gathered to create a substantiated and
research-backed tailwheel training program. With all of the
technology in aviation today, it is important that pilots learn the
basics. Anything that we can do to further basic flying skills in
our program will develop better pilots for the industry of
tomorrow."
The goal of this program, according to the statement, is to
develop a set of nationally recognized standards that are used in
tailwheel instruction, endorsements, and CFI credentialing as well
as currency requirements and recurrent training. "The defined
standards will be developed to correct improper techniques that
have crept into the system due to lack of oversight," the statement
read. "Incentives, such as insurance discounts, should become
available to those utilizing the program as major aviation
insurance companies and underwriters have expressed an interest in
participating in the program and its development. The program will
remain consistent with FITS scenario based standards and will be a
collaborated effort between Time Pieces, Purdue University, FAA,
and Insurance companies."
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