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One question that comes up from time to time (and really has no definitive answer) is "which is better, a 172 or PA28?".
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Tony, you're entitled to your opinion, but I think you're being too hard on these airplanes. Sure, both the 172 and PA28 are boring ... but they are also (relatively) economical and have undeniably excellent safety records. That's why they're so popular!
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P.S. Please don't show this post to my wife, who would like nothing better than for us to purchase a C172. If I were a completely rational person, I would agree with her ... but of course, I'm not!
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P.S. Please don't show this post to my wife, who would like nothing better than for us to purchase a C172. If I were a completely rational person, I would agree with her ... but of course, I'm not!
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The words PPRuNE and serious comes to mind again.
To all Cessna 172 owners! If I was being honest with myself I would say this:- You are flying the safest and most practical aircraft ever made. If I was going touring with my family I would choose a 172 Reims Rocket or a 182. Its just that after hundreds of hours in Cessna singles, I just hate the sight and smell of them.
To all PA28 owners!
I would say your aircraft is still crap
Tony
PS. If you want a real aircraft buy a C185
The words PPRuNE and serious comes to mind again.
To all Cessna 172 owners! If I was being honest with myself I would say this:- You are flying the safest and most practical aircraft ever made. If I was going touring with my family I would choose a 172 Reims Rocket or a 182. Its just that after hundreds of hours in Cessna singles, I just hate the sight and smell of them.
To all PA28 owners!
I would say your aircraft is still crap
Tony
PS. If you want a real aircraft buy a C185
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Tony, what specifically do you dislike about the PA28? I don't have much experience on the type, but it doesn't seem any worse than the stable-mable 172; and it least it has manual flaps (I don't like the single door, though).
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Do you remember the Morris Minor car from the 50s & 60s?
Find some one who ever owned one and they will describe a PA28.
My biggest gripe is that they don't teach pilots to fly, I have flown with a lot who learned in PA28s and they don't use their feet.
I never found them nice to fly, most are underpowered and the viz outside is not great.
I know people who love them, but I just can't think of one thing I like about them at all.
Tony
Find some one who ever owned one and they will describe a PA28.
My biggest gripe is that they don't teach pilots to fly, I have flown with a lot who learned in PA28s and they don't use their feet.
I never found them nice to fly, most are underpowered and the viz outside is not great.
I know people who love them, but I just can't think of one thing I like about them at all.
Tony
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The threads that really get me going are the
Yours respectfully
Zaphod Beeblebrox the nothingth (aka Snigs)
Am I too old, do I have too many heads to learn to fly, and what should I do with my extra arm
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Thanks to the posters of this thread, I have just had 15 min of entertainment and choking on my cup of tea.
Oh I commit that "sin of repetition", and I do apologise! Now please don't hit me, but about that Bose X...
Oh I commit that "sin of repetition", and I do apologise! Now please don't hit me, but about that Bose X...
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Zaphod, I thought that Trillian did the flying whilst you did the acid flashbacks? Talking of that, is this whole thread perhaps just one enormous acid flashback? As for MLS's points, I agree that all threads posing the burning question "Should I fly an aeroplane that flies rubbish and looks worse or one that looks rubbish and flies worse?" should be consigned to the Naughty Step. Perhaps BRL could have an auto responder set up to say "I'm sorry, but you must have got me mixed up with the guy whom we hire to give a s*** about stuff. He is on vacation right now, please call later".
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Here FNG, have a Pangalacticgargleblaster. I fly a lot straighter after a couple of those! (I never let Trillian anywhere near the controls, after all, she's a woman 
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