i was impressed! all in an aircraft he had just discovered existed and never flown before, the tecnam.
You might have been impressed, but was he?
And carrying how much payload?
(And before you say MTOW, I'll mention that yes, they may outperform a 172, but if you want to carry more than one pax (and a light one at that) and 20Kg of baggage, forget anything RA.)