JP
 

I flew the JP straight after finishing my PPL on a C150 in 20 hrs. It is not difficult to fly, they let 19 year olds like me loose on it. It is a bit different to a PA28 but it is actually easier to fly, it is and flies like a classic aircraft. You do have to manage your energy, but all aircraft required that then, that is one of the skills.

It is basic and straightforward and a delight, I loved it and would love to fly one again.

Go do it and make sure you do not get tense and just enjoy it and I promise not to be envious!

MM

Certainly not a racing snake old chap, 90kg and 6'3", tight around the shoulders but G-BOMB was specifically built for the larger pilot and is probably the only one I could actually fit in!

I would expand on this point.

The CAA, despite appearances, take a positive attitude to flying machines such as the JP.

It is not beyond comprehension that in the (near) future, an event occurs that removes the practiciality of doing so... could be a bad PR accident, the Green brigade, taxes, noise, an EU "regulator", maintenance issue.

Whilst the ££ involved are not cheap, in 5? 10? years time the cost / ability / privilege of flying them might seem good value for a somewhat unique experience no longer available.

NoD

PS NB Thunder City seems, unfortunately, an "option" to fly a FJ no longer available - say a Lighting trip at £5K? Concorde ditto at, say, £3K. I am sure in the coming years, many would have leapt at such an opportunity/cost?

G-BXLO

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Trev