Bulldogs are nice handing aircraft. They're not "fully" aerobatic in that you have about 12 seconds of inverted flight before the engine stops (lots of dihedral in the wings, the fuel runs out to the ends, no header tank). They do have an inverted oil system and fuel injection though.
It's pretty good for a beginner in aerobatics methinks.
I know Roger who runs Skysport...indeed, I got checked out in G-BPCL before I first flew my Bulldog. Roger knows some ex-RAF instructors who would probably be doing your aerobatic training.
Paul (XX638)
As for touring, well, the Bulldog isn\'t ideal, but fairly good. The let downs are only about 3 hours of fuel before having to fill up and it doesn\'t go very fast for all its power. I generally cruise around at 90 knots which gives me a good fuel burn (<6 UK gallons an hour)...if I increase it to 110 knots I burn a fair bit more.
One good thing is the 100kg baggage limit if you\'re really going to go touring!
Paul