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Old 2nd May 2012, 07:22
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Not a huge amount of difference in handling, not that you'll notice that early on in training anyway.

Sit in both, which feels more comfortable? One's stick, other's yoke, which feels more natural to you?

High wing makes for easier VFR navigation, but you do lose visibility when turning.

The glass cockpit is more suited to airliner cockpits, but they are intuitive to pick up later on anyway, so you might like to get some experience of steam dials and learn what each thing actually does and how it does it in practice, as opposed to the smoke and mirrors of glass cockpits...

Far more important that the aircraft you'll be flying is which school you feel better at - much better to learn in a spamcan with an instructor you feel comfortable with than a shiny piece of sex with some guy who doesn't understand you and you don't understand either!
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