On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:24:29 -0800, "Peter Duniho"
wrote:

Dan Ford
notwithstanding, few pilots found the Recreational certificate to be a
useful route to take, given how little they trimmed from the Private in
terms of training requirements for it.

I would be the first to say that I am a special case. Call me the
exception that proves (tests) the rule. I had no intention of flying
at night, I didn't like the Cessnas that I would have had to
transition into (nothing against the airplane, only the iterations
available at that particular airport), and I only wanted to fly the
Cub, which became an obsession with me almost from the first day I
flew one. Plus I was 66 at the time, and the fewer things I had to
master, the better.

I don't know which I would do today, recreational cert or Sport Pilot.
I'm happy with the former now that it has been expanded to include
controlled airspace.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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