LR 25--A good 3 place tailwheel airplane is the PA 12 Piper Super Cruiser--it has a wide back seat that will accomadate 2 adults. I used to take my 3 children with me in my PA 12--they were 6, 7 & 8 years old at the time. The PA 12 came from the factory with a 100 HP Lycoming O 235 engine--it was no fireball performance wise but I used to fly it out of a 1300' sod strip with 2 adults in the back & never had a problem. Many PA 12s have been converted to larger engines--some with the O 320 Lyc.(150 HP).