It's clear that a tailwhell endorsement is not required by FAR part 61.31 if you hold a pilot certificate, but under certain circumstances, without one, you could be violated under part 91.13. Recent flight experience of part 61.57 certainly applies.
Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Youngblood" <ross...@operamail.com> To: "Brian Kraut" <eng...@earthlink.net>; "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:48 AM Subject: Re: KR>Tailwheel Endorsement > My opinion on this topic is that there seems to be a loophole with > respect to the tailweel endorsement with an Experimental aircraft. > I think this a result of allowing an "Experimental" aircraft to be > somthing entirely new, where their may not be a flying example of > such a craft. For example, assume someone developed a vertical > takeoff and landing aircraft using some new technology. Then you > could build it and fly it and be within the FARS -- Experimental. > > However, since the KR is a conventional aircraft, and the "intent" > of the regulation on tailwheel aircraft is for the pilots safety, > I think it is not too much of a leap to assume that it is in your > best interest to have an up to date tailwheel endorsement in your > logbook before flying. > > Also a pilot attempting to maintain "currency" in a KR with a tailwheel > should observe the regulations with respect to full stop landings. > I'm not saying that you have to, but if you do, there would be no > question in the case of an accident over the FAR's. > > If you do have an incident in your KR, in my opinion, you want to > be in as much a position of strength as possible. If you have your > tailwheel endorsement, and you have followed flight advisor recommendation > on transition training, you will be seen as a careful pilot. And that > would in my opinion help you out in case of some other human error that > could happen. > > Thats just my 2 cents. > > What this thread sounds like is the following: > > "Hey, it looks like there is a loophole that will save me about $700 on > flight training before I fly my KR". > > Probably.
