Student Pilot

Seems some have it in for you Nev 😜

Bellanca made a similar aircraft for cheap twin training

I used to use a Tandy stopwatch timer, nice big numbers and could see with a quick glance

What about aviator underpants? Made especially with smaller support for undersize genitals 🤣 Aviator socks so you can impress with your sensitive soft walking, or the swagger with tailwheel pilots 😁

In GA? Anybody speaking up or pointing out problems finds themselves unemployed. Regulators know what goes on and ignore it, 48 years flying and it hasn't changed.

Need a magnifying glass for that little 3" gauge. Used to know an old pilot who flew with a magnifying glass for reading WAC charts and engine instruments 😁 No problems with flight instruments, he never looked at those 🤣

Any more capable than a brand new Cessna 182 for 60K in 1980?

People pay more now for radios/nav setup than what an aircraft used to cost

The process to simplify and condense the regs hasn't gone well has it?

I see the Yanks are using V twin industrial engines for ultralight applications

And only $650,000 US 😁

A Briggs and Stratton mower engine would have more power 😁

Depends on the aircraft, flaps can make a dramatic difference to the stall speed. Early Cessnas and others designed for stol the flaps can go to 40 even 58 degrees on the Beaver. I have never experienced much stall speed reduction with VG's, couple of knots at best depending on the installation. Some have VG's on the tailplane/fin even on the fuse around the cockpit. VG's do however have an effect on the control feel, they firm up the controls (again depends on installation/kit) at speeds closer to stall. I've found on many aircraft the original wing performs better without any of the whizzbang additions. VG's, Robertson stol, Sportsman, leading edge cuffs, fences and fancy wingtips, they don't make that much difference, just add weight except to your wallet where they make it considerably lighter 🤣

So the boys weren't game to fly it 😁

Bankstown looks a bit different, I think aviating was a rich mans game then. I have had a couple of glider fights, it's something I want to do. The older gliders appeal to me more than a modern glass high performance machines. Something with an open cockpit.