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- noun A
wheel attached to thetail of anaircraft that supports it when on the ground
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You may, someday, if you have a lot of tailwheel time and are very lucky, get to fly a war relic. mercedes SLR replica car
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After reading the Richard Bach book Bi-Plane, she was inspired to fly solo—in an old-style, aerobatic tailwheel plane from California to Montana.
Archive 2005-07-01 2005
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After reading the Richard Bach book Bi-Plane, she was inspired to fly solo—in an old-style, aerobatic tailwheel plane from California to Montana.
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It's certainly true that some tailwheel aircraft offer particularly poor forward visibility during taxiing, especially long-nosed stuff like the Spitfire or the Curtis P40.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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During a recent summer flight, the aircraft taxied out to Republic Airport's Runway 1 and initiated its piston engine-propelled acceleration roll, raising its tailwheel and surrendering to the flawlessly blue sky while retracting its undercarriage.
Arsenal News Blog 2010
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The Cessna 305A was a single-engine light-weight strut-braced high-wing monoplane with a tailwheel landing gear.
Aero-News Network 2010
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The steerable tailwheel ensures accurate manoeuvring ability on the ground.
Skycontrol 2009
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The steerable tailwheel ensures accurate manoeuvring ability on the ground.
Skycontrol 2009
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Videos connected to stories, like that of a pilot earning a tailwheel signoff in a Piper J-3 Cub, are YouTube links appropriately placed in the text, and photos are linked to a flickr page.
Jetwhine 2009
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The steerable tailwheel ensures accurate manoeuvring ability on the ground.
Skycontrol 2009
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