Ha ha, my primary instructor was a geezer (to me then), with requisite gray crew-cut hair, as he taught me to fly the 7AC Champ. All three-point landings until well after solo, then wheel landings to be used in strong gusty winds. Much Champ and Cessna 120-140 (which I also sometimes wheel landed) time during my first 200 hours. That said, all tricycle after that for me, and gladly so.