Last week I found it tricky trying to get the seatbelt on a PA28 to reach all the way round me. I was six and a half stone when I went to Valley and I am now 118 Kilos.
I hate it when some skinny bugger has been flying before me and you have to let the belt wayyyy out to get it on. At least in the 28 you can move the seat back and forwards with the lap strap done up. How many times have you climbed into a Cessna with the seat full back, done the straps up and then tried to move forward? Then undo them all and start again...
I remember the Gnats at Cosford when I was there as an instructor. We used to taxi them around so that the studes could get some marshalling practise in. Not the biggest of cockpits as I remember and it had that 'door bell' chime warning sound which always sounded very dainty to me. Should have been a great klaxon sound blaring away. The anoraks kicked up a fuss when we painted out the names of the pilots on the side and put the instructors' names up for a lark...
