I think the Cub would be alot better from the back . I agree they should be
soloed from the back seat. But on this flight I had to sit in the front
since the back seat was taken!
As for the Cub/Champ debate....I hear that alot of cub pilots say their
plane flies like a Champ! hee hee That was told to me by an Aeronca fan of
course
I didn't solo this weekend but I had a great time , instructor wanted me
to go ahead and do spin training before I solo. So that was a blast needless
to say! For the solo...hmmm maybe the first weekend in November? That's my
next trip to Ohio..weather and health permitting.

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Cub Driver" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 07:01:32 -0400, Cub Driver
wrote:

Last weekend I went flying in a friends Cub here in Tennessee. I was
in
the front seat and I have to say I was not comfie in the front of the
Cub.

I wouldn't know! I have over 300 hours in J-3s/L-4s and I've never
been in the front seat. (I have flown a PA-18 from the front. It was
fine.)

A followup on this: there's a thread on the Piper Cub Builders list
(at Yahoo) about soloing from the front seat. The consensus is that
not only is flying from the rear seat safer (indeed, mandatory in most
Cubs) but also that there's more room and a better view.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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