On Jul 29, 8:08 am, "Cecil E. Chapman"
wrote:
I won't be getting it for a couple of years and whatever I picked would be
an older plane. It will be for (or slightly before) my 50th birthday.

I wanted to ask what the group thought about a Cherokee 140 as a first
plane? In talking with my fellow CFI's most of them think I would find the
climb performance too much of a dog to be useful for even pleasure flying.
Some have suggested a Warrior, instead.

I'm not sure what they are talking about. The P-140 is a great 2 place
plane as a first airplane. Its got better handling than the C-172 and
handles much more like a high performance airplane (not as sloppy in
the air as a Cessna).

-Robert, CFII