smwalter,

That is great to hear. Sounds like you have it well thought out . The sim does help although you have probably noticed that flying the real thing is definitely different. The LT-40 is a great plane and when you are done training with it turn it into a taildragger and it becomes a totally different plane. There are so many things to do with a trainer after training is done. Do a search here on the LT-40 and grab a coffee, beer, soda, or whatever you like and read.

Some people use a bigger engine and tow gliders into the air, some people put bomb drops on them and drop parachutes from them, we have a guy that tows small banners for a local radio station, plus if you belong to a club, they are a blast at fun flys.

Our favorite thing at fun flys is trainer races, we pull the wings off so the planes will not take off, setup an oval track on the runway, and run heat races all the way down to the winner. It takes so much time as we get a lot of entries, but by the time it's all done, you side hurts from laughing so much.

These are just so many things for a trainer after training but as you can see it's tons o' fun .

Oh, by the way, congrats on the solo...[sm=thumbup.gif]