The trend is obvious; I object only to the 'one size
fits all' notion.

At 20:01 15 October 2007, wrote:
Ian

I hadn't intended on disparaging the Schweitzer's nor
their gliders! I
think the 1-26 may just be outranked only by the Libelle
for beauty.

I am a fan of J3's, Champs, Stearmans and AT6's, planes
that I have
experienced, but J3's are not used for early training
anymore
(although I am now sure to learn from RAS that they
most certainly
used in 3 locations worldwide for initial training)
although that is
what they were designed for 'wayback when'! If General
Aviation flight
training had not latched onto the 'modern' Cessna 150
or 172 for
general man off the street customers the world of GA
would probably be
a lot different, the GA fleet would assumably be much
smaller. And
heck, a lot of those flight training FBO's are now
looking to replace
their existing fleets with composite aircraft. See
the trend?

Again, just my 1.58234 (dollar value changed again
this afternoon)
=80cents worth!

Bob