RE: T-34 as a second plane
Yeah, didn't make sense to me either!
In April of 2003 I soloed my trainer, I flew it for a couple of months and was able to do loops, rolls, hammerheads and big tailslides. Then I bought a UCANDO in July, I have been flying it ever since.
This year I wanted to pull out the trainer just to have something different to fly, it felt like I had never flown it before. It was terrible. I couldn't hardly make a lap. I had to have a buddy land it for me. Then I flew my UCANDO about 5 times that day right afterwards. So I don't know what's wrong with me.