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by **benwynn** » Wed May 13, 2009 6:07 pm

Congrats man, that must be an excellent feeling!!

Anyways. Im starting my PPL this weekend, im pretty excited. Before I start though, im still tossing up between aircraft.

The club im looking at has both the Cirrus SR-20, which I really like, and the Cessna 172 which is also fantastic (Not the Garmin one BTW)

Anyway, the price is negligible, so thats not really a factor - but which one do you think you guys would prefer? Ive read that the SR-20 is much faster, and handles much like the bigger/faster aircraft I will fly when gaining my CPL, so its probably good for that. Though, some people say you should learn basic training in the old school panel, not the brand new Glass Cockpit ones. Sounds a bit funny to me, just some old guys that love the classics, but do you think there is any real advantage of this?

by **pois0n** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:29 pm

Do some time in both, C172s are easy to fly not sure about the SR20.. but glass cockpits are a novelty for doing cross countries

by **Aragon** » Wed May 13, 2009 11:58 pm

Guys, I found a new school, Adventure Aviation NZ, http://adventureaviation.co.nz/home/ Check it out! Seems like the head instructors very very experienced, Cp. Phil Hooker

Anyone from this school has nice/not so nice things to say about this school?

by **A185F** » Thu May 14, 2009 8:12 am

benwynn wrote:
QUOTE (benwynn @ May 13 2009, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Congrats man, that must be an excellent feeling!!

Anyways. Im starting my PPL this weekend, im pretty excited. Before I start though, im still tossing up between aircraft.

The club im looking at has both the Cirrus SR-20, which I really like, and the Cessna 172 which is also fantastic (Not the Garmin one BTW)

Anyway, the price is negligible, so thats not really a factor - but which one do you think you guys would prefer? Ive read that the SR-20 is much faster, and handles much like the bigger/faster aircraft I will fly when gaining my CPL, so its probably good for that. Though, some people say you should learn basic training in the old school panel, not the brand new Glass Cockpit ones. Sounds a bit funny to me, just some old guys that love the classics, but do you think there is any real advantage of this?

The SR20 would be harder to do your PPL in, its a lot more of an advanced aircraft, perhaps better suited to the oz CPL. I've only flown the SR22 which is a real hot potato and I dont think would be any good for PPL training, I've only been for a ride in a SR20 which was a bit slower but still quite quick and a lot more complex than the 172. I would deffinately reccomend the 172 for PPL, as I would bet they usually use at this school.

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Guys, I found a new school, Adventure Aviation NZ, http://adventureaviation.co.nz/home/ Check it out! Seems like the head instructors very very experienced, Cp. Phil Hooker

Anyone from this school has nice/not so nice things to say about this school?[/quote]

What kind of school do you want ?? What do you want out of your training ?? There are many many places to do your training, too many to list here. If you want student loan then you can only really stick to the big sausage factories.

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