Simviation Forums

Does anyone here know the answer to this question? I had my solo in a Piper Cub 3 years ago on my student license, but let it expire. I recently got my PPSEL and am wondering if that earlier tailwheel endorsement will carry over. It is in my logbook as an instructor writing me off, but was done 3 years before I got my license. Anyone?  :-?

Back in the days when my license was more than wallet filler, I seem to remember something about currency and ninety days with three landings to a full stop.

That's what you need to take passengers, but in '91 they added that you would need an extra endorsement to fly taildraggers.

This is one of those.. "It doesn't really matter"

The fact that you got signed off without even holding a PPASEL is the first clue in figuring this out...

If you have a logbook with the endorsement signed by an instructor, it is good "for life",regardless of anything. That endorsement is the same one given to a PP-holder getting a tailwheel "add-on", as I did. There's no time limit on it, nor is there any flight review requirement specifically for operation of "conventional gear" aircraft.

But that endorsement also does not override any currency requirements relative to your PPASEL (the 90-day rule for carrying pax, BFRs, etc.), nor will it allow you to be turned loose (given the interval simce you last flew a taildragger) without some review in a taildragger that does not belong to you, unless the owner is very naive or very stupid.

[quote]The fact that you got signed off without even holding a PPASEL is the first clue in figuring this out...

If you have a logbook with the endorsement signed by an instructor, it is good "for life",regardless of anything. That endorsement is the same one given to a PP-holder getting a tailwheel "add-on", as I did. There's no time limit on it, nor is there any flight review requirement specifically for operation of "conventional gear" aircraft.

But that endorsement also does not override any currency requirements relative to your PPASEL (the 90-day rule for carrying pax, BFRs, etc.), nor will it allow you to be turned loose (given the interval simce you last flew a taildragger) without some review in a taildragger that does not belong to you, unless the owner is very naive or very stupid.