Hi Bob Im RAA trained and can tell you after a fair bit of GA training with two schools, RAA is really on its game...these little light weights really teach fantastic motor kills and the training is every bit as good as most GA schools up to GFPT level...possibly better.
My bugsmasher leaves most GA for dead...costs more , goes faster and costs about 1/3rd of the cost to run...my only gripe is a complete lack of carrying capacity when fully fueled.
Love it and wouldn't swap to a GA for quids..
But back on topic...I went down the RPL path and quit to go PPL as the RPL is a joke, has all the hassles of PPL, most the costs and half the privileges...
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