I'm Piper proud, but I still cant warm up to the looks of the T-hawk....it's like the "red headed step child" of the Piper family!
Hey, I
like the looks of the Traum... er, um, Tomahawk. It's like something out of the Jetsons.
Then again, I am, quite literally, a red-headed stepchild myself. So maybe that explains the kinship.
I haven't ridden in one either, but I did look into the T-Hawk myself for a first plane. But I'm still leaning toward the 150/152, and for mostly the same reasons already mentioned. The ubiquity of the Cessna is a big plus for me. Parts, mechanics, unsolicited advice... all easier to find when you're a 150/152 driver.
And the life-limited wing is a bit of a turn-off too. Plus the fact that for the kind of flying I do--mostly sightseeing, taking pictures, taking up passengers who sightsee and take pictures--a high-wing makes more sense.
That said, if I stumbled on to a good deal on one, I'd certainly still give it a look.
FWIW, here's
an article from AOPA Flight Training [
flighttraining.aopa.org] on the Tomahawk.
- Jeff
