Yer lucky yu lot.
In my day only planes we could aspire to was a Fletcher , Cub or Cessna 180/185.
All them had a hole in the bottom fer poopin poop outa.
I think the only twin flying was an old Aerocomm that went into the side of Ruapehu and and aerial mapping Beech 18 and some ghastly pommie thing.
I well remember instructors at Ardmore being paid a $1 a day.
The NAC jobs was for RNZAF wallys with Vampire time.
aerocommander