Originally Posted by
Chuck Ellsworth
If all new pilots were started on a Cub off a farmers grass strip until solo would not that make them ready to learn to control the modern easy to fly machines??
Flying a Cub of a grass strip is pretty awesome on a sunny summers day, not so nice on a cloudy, cold, windy December day, though
If you want to learn on a small taildragger than I think the Cessna 120/140 is a much more practical trainer than a Cub.
You pretty much would have to buy one of your own to do that now, but it is entirely possible. I had 2 PPL students that did exactly that. One had a polished aluminum one with silver doped wings that was absolutely gorgeous. The other was owned by a young man that was not rich, so it represented almost his entire net worth. It was ugly looking but still flew beautifully.
For ab initio look for a C 120/140 that has a good intercom, the gear extensions, and brakes on the right side.