My daughter, for old times sake, bought me a lesson on a basic fixed wing tourer. I was in the LHS and there was a single throttle in the centre.
Absolute chaos during the takeoff. !8.5000 hrs on helicopters, the majority being with an auto-stabilisation system didn't help. I was using what I thought were unheard amounts of rudder but it wasn't enough. My early flying with 550 hp of radial engine didn't seem to help.
General flying was easy but then came the approach and landing. I was 79 years old and the brainbox was working overtime to keep the synchronisation of the wrong hand throttle and control stick in sequence. It worked until the end but nothing I did could keep it straight when I shut the throttle after the round out.
The assistant instructor was on the ball and complimented me on my upper air stuff but I knew that I would have to relearn the whole scene if I wanted to do it again..