Some C152 experience will make you a better pilot for the reason that T28D mentions and also because it forces you to be a little bit more organized. If you don't have long-range tanks you need to be particularly on the ball with the fuel management. And the smaller cockpit definitely makes you more organized at handling maps and other items. Flying with a range of individuals, I find the organization thing to be a bit like table manners: some people are taught well and some aren't. Nothing looks more amateurish than hurling bits of paper, pens etc around the cockpit! That said, things do happen faster in higher performance aircraft so the suggestion of doing a couple of later navs in the C172 is well worth thinking about. If you're at BAC don't ignore the mighty P2002 - great view, faster than the C152, plenty of fuel and a proper joy stick
