nr fairy . .the article in pilot was sent by norman osment . .his e mail address shows his web site m-sport.co.uk [malcolm wilson] in cockermouth nice web pages have a look [this is not a advert] . .. .as for the article if students had to learn in £1 million plus helicopters i dont think there would be many students . . if they could get insurance . . imagine a 14 hr student on his first solo in a koala what would the insurance broker say. .also in motor sport do they learn in F1 cars or bangers nuff said. . . . <small>[ 15 March 2002, 19:26: Message edited by: md 600 driver ]</small>