"Sylvain" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Either plane will give you more head/shoulder room than a 150/152, but
will cost commensurately more per hour to operate. I think the few extra
bucks per hour are worth not having to lay on top of your instructor --
unless she's good looking... ;-)


another advantage of the warrior or C172, is that once you have
your ticket, you are already flying an aircraft that is a lot
more capable than a C152; these are neat cross country aircraft
(well, at least for a while, some people are never satisfied),
i.e., you won't have to transition into a more capable aircraft
soon after the checkride.

--Sylvain

Your local geography can play a part in this process too. Here in Arizona,
one must be very aware of density altitude issues. Some places are just not
reachable when it's hot and/or the destination is "high." I opted to train
in 180hp 172s for this very reason. Doesn't mean that I can discount
density altiude (far from it), but I don't run out of performance chart as
fast as I would with a 150/152 or lower powered Piper.

Just my $0.02 worth...

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ