EP70 - The art of tailwheel flying: with CFI Ben Lehman

Episode 70 of the Midlife Pilot Podcast podcast, hosted by Midlife Pilot Podcast, titled "EP70 - The art of tailwheel flying: with CFI Ben Lehman" was published on April 10, 2024 and runs 51 minutes.

April 10, 2024 ·51m · Midlife Pilot Podcast

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Summary

We are joined by "Tailwheel Ben" Lehman, a CFI in Nashville who instructs in his Cessna 140A. Ben gives us great insights on learning the art of tailwheel flying, the ground loop monster, and much more! Brian learned tailwheel with Ben, so you can hear how Brian really did straight from the source. * Ben Lehman, Nashville tailwheel CFI: https://flywithben.com/ * Ben's 1950 Cessna 140A: https://flywithben.com/journal/my-1950-cessna-140a * Ben's "flying tailwheel" starting resources (books, articles, videos): https://flywithben.com/journal/flying-tailwheel * Ben is speaking on May 7 at EAA 1343 at XKX: https://www.facebook.com/UAKXNX/ * Notable ground loop at Oshkosh in 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ9CnrH_cfE#t=40s * Martin Pauly's tailwheel and crosswind series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3q2Swzi2q8 * Aviation101's tailwheel training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C-kQ3pU2Zg * The Cessna 120-140 Assocation: https://cessna120140.com/ * Our merch store is back! https://midlifepilotpodcast.com/merch * Learn about the Nashville Fly-In, April 26-28 2024: https://midlifepilotnashville.mystrikingly.com/

Episode Description

We are joined by "Tailwheel Ben" Lehman, a CFI in Nashville who instructs in his Cessna 140A. Ben gives us great insights on learning the art of tailwheel flying, the ground loop monster, and much more! Brian learned tailwheel with Ben, so you can hear how Brian really did straight from the source.

* Ben Lehman, Nashville tailwheel CFI: https://flywithben.com/

* Ben's 1950 Cessna 140A: https://flywithben.com/journal/my-1950-cessna-140a

* Ben's "flying tailwheel" starting resources (books, articles, videos): https://flywithben.com/journal/flying-tailwheel

* Ben is speaking on May 7 at EAA 1343 at XKX: https://www.facebook.com/UAKXNX/

* Notable ground loop at Oshkosh in 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ9CnrH_cfE#t=40s

* Martin Pauly's tailwheel and crosswind series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3q2Swzi2q8

* Aviation101's tailwheel training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C-kQ3pU2Zg

* The Cessna 120-140 Assocation: https://cessna120140.com/

* Our merch store is back! https://midlifepilotpodcast.com/merch

* Learn about the Nashville Fly-In, April 26-28 2024: https://midlifepilotnashville.mystrikingly.com/

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