Yeah but they sent young men up in Spitfires with low hours out of neccessity. A lot of them died and not through enemy action. A typical 28 does fly differently (OK land differently in different crosswind conditions) to a typical Cessna product, so what's wrong with spending 20 minutes in the cct with an instructor just to get the gen? It's not like it's a conversion onto a 747.
Edit: I know most 150/2's probably take off overweight on training but that doesn't mean it's OK. How many accident reports have you read where the pilot fills a 28 to the gunnels, puts three pax on board and promptly gets caught out by the laws of physics? Because it's always been 'OK' before?
Last edited by thing; 19th December 2012 at 22:35.