Cessna v. Piper trainers
Why does it seem like so many more flight schools use Cessna single engine trainers than the Piper single engine trainers? I have about half of my single engine time in Cessnas (172's) and half in Pipers (Cherokee, Arrow), but if given the choice between the two, I'd pick to fly a Piper. Other people that I have talked to that have flown them both seem to prefer the Pipers too. I know that Flight Safety uses Pipers, which makes sense because the school is based at VRB, but it seems like other flight schools (at least in my area) use Cessnas mostly. Any reason for this? Do they have similar safety records? Is Cessna just better at sales/marketing? I'm just curious.
Last edited by ufgatorpilot; 06-28-2009 at 08:25 AM.