Perhaps the case I am referring to (a series of 182 stalls with a CFI) we had too much speed… it did not want to stall at anywhere close to the pitch that all of my 172 stalls topped out at. Of course in the Super-D I have been in all sorts of weird attitudes.

For me the problem was an inexperienced instructor. He overemphasized the possibility of a stall turning into a spin. Once I went up with my dad and practiced only stalls for an hour, I realized how docile a C-152 really is. I surprised the instructor on my next lesson! (My dad is also a PPL and has been flying for about 50 years at this point. The stall lesson was about 20 years ago.)

note FT handle on left. I Have been pm'ed thinking it's a political statement; nope it's a C172K

Same for me.

I started learning to fly back in late May, and after 11 1/2 hours instruction just went solo on Sunday :D

Learning to fly is something that I've wanted to do since I was 4 years old. I'm now 49 and have the money (just) to afford it. So I decided to take the plunge (unfortunate choice of words). But I was still looking for a relatively inexpensive way to do so, and having flown in various small aircraft and gliders in the past, wanted it to be fun as well.

So I'm learning to fly in a C42 Ikarus, a microlight (ultralight), at a very small local airfield in Oxfordshire, England. Someone here mentioned trying ultralights but finding them too twitchy. Well, the C42 seems very stable to me (but keep in mind my lack of experience), while still responding to inputs well. It's been described as a modern-day C152: much lighter, but similar size and similar stability/predictable behaviour. It also has a much higher power to weight ratio than the C152, which means the thing zooms into the sky - you're off the ground seemingly straight away! My first solo flight was on 33 at Chiltern Air Park and I think I was only using half of it to land and then takeoff again:
https://www.chilternairsports.com/wp...d_Airfield.jpg

The other thing about the C42 is that is is much cheaper to fly than a 152 - uses about half the fuel, I've been told. Anyway, I'm sure I'd love whatever aircraft I ended up learning to fly in, but I'm really enjoying the C42.

That kid thing happened to us, too. Once we had kids, our Maule has been sitting. Now it needs an overhaul to get it airworthy again. Someday...

I learned to fly with the RAF when at University but haven't been at the controls since 2003.

Done quite a bit of private flying, mostly King Airs along the US East Coast/Bahamas/Caribbean. The most fun was on an empty Lear 60XR with me as the sole passenger, no luggage and not much fuel onboard resulting in a climb rate of 11,000ft/min on takeoff. :D^