An idle question but what (if any) modern kit or factory built aircraft that are certified and realistically obtainable would be a suitable replacement for a DHC-1 Chipmunk? The RAF's opinion was a Grob or Slingsby Firefly but neither of these to my mind match the Chippies key characteristics - tandem seating in a cockpit with good all round visability, low wing monoplane, tailwheel with a robust undercarriage that has a wide track, good short field performance, and capable of aerobatic flight (but not sustained inverted).
Are there any modern aircraft that come close to these without the Chippies chief draw back of covering everything in oil
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