Danny42C ... how kind, Sir
I do take the point that it might have been better if I hadn't logged those 30 hours with a nose wheel. Indeed, the Piper Colt was so easy to fly (5:35 to first solo) and vice-free (we had to do 30 minutes in a Chipmunk [G-AOFF in my case] doing proper stalls and spins and a touch of aeros) that it was hardly a challenging introduction to the wonders of flight!
However, I'm sure the RN had their reasons. We were allocated 12 hours on the Tiger Moth to demonstrate we had the ability to be taught, and if it had been as easy as the Colt it wouldn't have proved a lot! I might have done better with a non-screaming Instructor, as noted in that previous post, but I have learned to live with the bottom line ... I wasn't really that good, and the RN had more promising material to work with
Looking forward to your next instalment, O Burner of the Midnight Oil.