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Nice little article in this month's AOPA Pilot mag about a Fairchild PT-19 flying club that I'm part of in Memphis.
The club is primarily focused on getting younger pilots involved in tailwheel and warbird flying. About half the pilots in the club have less than 50 hours of tailwheel time, and a couple of them are getting their initial tailwheel endorsements in the PT.
The airplane is based in the same hangar as the Memphis CAF squadron (as you can see in the photo, with a couple of T-6s, a Stearman, and others right there), and there is some overlap between the people involved in the club and the CAF unit (but the PT isn't a CAF airplane at all).
Pretty neat airplane and group with a fantastic objective to bring in and up the next generation of warbird pilots.
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media.../pilot/flying-clubs-warbird-inspires-new-club
The club is primarily focused on getting younger pilots involved in tailwheel and warbird flying. About half the pilots in the club have less than 50 hours of tailwheel time, and a couple of them are getting their initial tailwheel endorsements in the PT.
The airplane is based in the same hangar as the Memphis CAF squadron (as you can see in the photo, with a couple of T-6s, a Stearman, and others right there), and there is some overlap between the people involved in the club and the CAF unit (but the PT isn't a CAF airplane at all).
Pretty neat airplane and group with a fantastic objective to bring in and up the next generation of warbird pilots.
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media.../pilot/flying-clubs-warbird-inspires-new-club