shade:-)
.......the only advantage to a PA28 over the Cessna series is that you can if push came to shove pull on a couple of clicks of instant flap during the take off roll (should you get caught out with trees that may have grown a little since you started yr T/O roll) & do a Linda Blair act (see Exorcist movie) raise majestically into the air, other than that stick with the high wing. The advantageas are numerous..............instant shade, something needed at the Birdsville Races for Eg. More access door wise, better cabin airlfow, better viewing for scenics (all sticky beak operators use 'em up nth) & the fuel runs via gravity from both tanks at once too!, KISS method is always the best in aviation:-)
capt Wally
p.s..........did all my training on C 150/2 & C172's but found the PA28 better purely 'cause it had an extra switch to fiddle with called a fuel pump, loved the extra challenge:-)