Are Tricycle Gear Aircraft Easier to Fly Than Tailwheels?
Controlling trigear airplanes on the ground is much easier than for taildraggers.
Controlling trigear airplanes on the ground is much easier than for taildraggers.
A popular step-up aircraft, the Cessna 182 is well-suited to a wide range of missions.
A top-selling model from the renowned kit manufacturer, the GlaStar offers pilots harmonious handling and economical travel options.
All-metal, tricycle-gear four-seater set a new tone for GA.
Improved ground handing made this tricycle-gear Piper a hit with pilots.
Designed during the 1930s, the Ercoupe was ahead of its time in bringing enhanced safety to aviation.
Congratulations! You’ve just passed your private pilot check ride. Along with being free to explore the skies, you can now—if you so choose—wave goodbye to the staid, serviceable set of wings that got you there and try something a bit better suited to whatever dream it was that had you stepping through the flight school […]
This aircraft has 950 hours on the airframe and on both Continental CD135 engines and MT composite propellers since new.
Tri-gear model delivers short-field performance without the tailwheel.
This early tricycle-gear convert helped convince Cessna to follow with the 172.