I agree shaggy. I learnt on an airsquadron in the days where it was possible to get lots of hours. I liked aeros, formation and nav flown at 250 ft.
Having got my ppl i would have given up as I was bored of all the planes on offer and could not afford a Pitts and in those days (early 90's) virtually impossible to find one to rent. Then one day I was put in touch with a chap who owned a Zlin 326 who wanted some one to help him put some hours on it. He charged me no more than a Cessna 172, it was based on a mown patch of grass in a farmers field in the middle of nowhere - I barely flew a circuit for 9 years, run and breaks at 500ft and less or a PFl onto the field for practice. Utter bliss until the owner and plane had motor problems so he sold it. Happy days!