Originally Posted by
Shaggy Sheep Driver
In reserve? In reserve? I think you're over-selling that Piper if you're implying you'd rather fly it than fly the lovely Chippy.
Well sometimes I do! The chippy is a great airplane, but limited on space and range and a hot day even with the canopy open at the stop the heady smell of oil and fuel makes my feeble stomach turn! It does make me feel (if not look like) a Top Gun......
The cub was used as an ariel survey plane by the portuguese mil and has a camera port in the floor and something like a 7hr range! It is a stunning strip flyer, I have been in and out of sub 250m microlight strips easily this summer and a good cruise at 90mph.