Has anyone ever bought a car at a car auction in the winter (dark) then had to drive it out of their car park before it gets locked up,
its a bit like driving a ford fiesta and needing instruction to drive a volkswagen polo.
Again, it depends on your experience - if you have done this a number of times, no problem. IF you have just passed your licence then you will be very nervous doing either and probably would like someone next to you - Also, of course, you are talking flying clubs that have minimum requirements and realistically are talking about an hour checkout - even with my experience I would not expect to go to an flying club that does not know me and be allowed to fly their aircraft with much less than a 45 min checkout!