C172S Landing accident

"C J Campbell" wrote:


I think that it is better to put a solo
student in a $180,000 airplane with modern safety features than in a run-out
$34,000 jalopy.


Yeah, right. What safety features? The better seat? Give the kid the
cheap plane.

"Newps" wrote in message
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| "C J Campbell" wrote:
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| I think that it is better to put a solo
| student in a $180,000 airplane with modern safety features than in a
run-out
| $34,000 jalopy.
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| Yeah, right. What safety features? The better seat? Give the kid the
| cheap plane.
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Actually, I have only one student under thirty years old. My schedule is
full of older pilots who are learning to fly. They are used to nice cars and
they expect their airplanes to be something other than thirty year old
trashed out relics.