C152 preferred trainer. Why?
After gaining my CPL i thought that i would get a 152 rating because it is the preferred trainer aircraft for many years now.
What i was very surprised with is that for the one i flew, if i had two guys my size, 190 pounds then it can only take approximately 25 pounds of fuel. That is not enough to do any form of a descent length flight at all. So i was wondering why has this aircraft been the preferred trainer for so long.
I do realize that the aircraft i flew was slightly heavier due to leather seats and new carpets, but I'm sure it is not the only one which has had refurbishment done to it.
Can we say that for this aircraft MAUW is just a suggestion (which i was told by people from a different training organization to the one i attend) cause to me that is against all the training that i have been taught so far about safe flying.