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Katana DA20 Vs. Cessna 152

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Dustin DuFault

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Mar 30, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/30/00
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I have recently started recieving flying lessons and have been so thrilled
to find that flying is not as hard as you might imagine. As I have been
around more people recently with an interest in aviation however, they have
told me that the Katana is to easy to fly. The flying club I joined also has
a Cessna Skylane 152 that seems to also be popular for flying lessons... and
it's cheaper. Does anyone have any feedback on this matter?
Thanks,
Dustin DuFault

Victor Morange

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Mar 31, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/31/00
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I took intro flights in both a katana and cessna, and even though I really
liked the katana I went with the Cessna since is was cheaper (60 vs. 35) and
it was more like other planes that I would eventually fly. Such as the
katana has no mixture control which every other plane has but a constant
speed prop which complex planes only have.

Victor
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Mark Kolber

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Mar 31, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/31/00
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"Dustin DuFault" <dustin...@yahoo.com> wrote [snip]:

>I have recently started recieving flying lessons and have been so thrilled
>to find that flying is not as hard as you might imagine. As I have been
>around more people recently with an interest in aviation however, they have
>told me that the Katana is to easy to fly. The flying club I joined also has
>a Cessna Skylane 152 that seems to also be popular for flying lessons... and
>it's cheaper. Does anyone have any feedback on this matter?
>Thanks,

Choice of training airplane is a complex <g> equation. The best
training airplane is the one that combines all of these factors:

1. Cheap
2. Available (includes booking in your time slot, number of airplanes,
and how much they go in for maintenance). You want to be able to fly a
similar aircraft throughout your initial training.
(3. Simple to fly. It's in parenthesis because it will fit virtually
all aircraft used for initial training)

Once you learn to fly and get your licenses, you can transition into
whatever you want.

BTW, the 152 is not a Skylane. The Skylane is a 4-place single with
about 4 times the horsepower.

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