All very interesting points but we must ask ourselves what it is the student is going on to become. Airlines,puddle-jumping,FFJ pilot or helicopters. Each, in my opinion would require a different intro to this 3rd dimension of ours.
I myself found the C152 a little 'faint'and the Chippy an experience that gave me a good foundation. Unfortunately I was not able to try my hands at the Harvard. Friends said it was a 'Sugar-Mommy'taking young men away from wet dreams and on to a mans job.
Now I'm with The Scarlet Pimpernel to get hold of a Chippy. Just a few grand to get one but sadly they seem to have all been taken. Something fishy about where all the military Chipmunks went.
[This message has been edited by SPACEMAN SPIFF (edited 11 March 2000).]