What kind of planes do you train in?

What kind of planes do you train in?

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Small, single-engine aircraft and a twin-engine aircraft. We trained on Chipmunks and Piper Apaches. These days nobody would train on a Chipmunk, but Piper have several training aircraft they could use. Cessna has training aircraft they can use. They do the first 150-180 hours on those, then they'll have about 70 hours on twin aircraft, where they practice their instrument flying and instrument procedures.