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Old 26th April 2004 | 09:34
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FNG
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That's an interesting list, Sultan. My point about a Moth is that it will inculcate fundamental flying skills superior to those provided by, say, a Cessna 152. The Moth requires co-ordinated use of the controls and lots of liveliness with the feet. Landing it requires precision (no floating along five knots too fast). Learning how to operate cockpit systems is easy, and can be done later. To be honest, a Tiger Moth is not the ideal trainer, as it is quite tiring to fly, but it's a lot better as a basic trainer than the average spam can. A Chipmunk would be better (a Chipmunk is, after all, an improved monoplane Moth) but I do not know of anywhere offering Chipmunk ab initio courses.
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