FAR 61.31 (i): Additional Training Required For Operating Tailwheel Airplanes

1. Except as provided in paragraph (i)(2) of this section, no person may act as pilot-in-command of a tailwheel airplane unless that person has received and logged flight training from an authorized instructor in a tailwheel airplane and received an endorsement in the person's logbook from an authorized instructor who found the person proficient in the operation of a tailwheel airplane. The flight training must include at least the following maneuvers and procedures:
   1. Normal and crosswind takeoffs and landing;
   2. Wheel landings (unless the manufacturer has recommended aginst such landings); and
   3. Go-around procedures
2. The training and endorsement required by paragraph (i)(1) of this section is not required if the person logged pilot-in-command time in a tailwheel airplane before April 15th, 1991.