My now defunct club at Halton started with a Thruster and an AX 3. Never got the hang of landing the Thruster, but the AX 3 was a superb 'fun' machine; very STOL, not too fast in the cruise (60kt ish), control response very quick; you had to 'fly' it all the time and as I was used to C150/152 it was a pleasant change; got so bored in those Cessnas.