I'm going to disagree a little bit. There is no reason to consider a trainer as a throw away plane. Yes, it will get damaged or even crashed. But that can be repaired and put the plane back in the air.

As far as outgrowing their trainer.. Most "think" they have outgrown their trainer and "need" to move up, when most of the time they haven't spent enough time on their trainers. A trainer is capable of a lot more then most will give it credit for.

And if you ask, yes I still have my trainer and I've been flying for 9 years now. I still take it out to the field every now and then to fly it. It's really fun doing aerobatics with a trainer.

All I am saying is don't consider the trainer to be expendable.

Ken