Agreed. :rolleyes:

Seconded.
The author of the article is a PPL, low-time or not, and he can put the time in his logbook. Does that mean someone will let him jump into their Spit’ and fly it..? Of course not, but he has certainly ‘flown’ one, and it’s a bit meanspirited to suggest otherwise. Of course, any pilot, and a good many others besides would love to fly a Spit’, even if it’s ‘only’ from the back of a two-seater – which is about as close as 99.999r% of the population will get, whether pilot or not.
My only criticism of the article was that he referred to the P1 as the ‘Co-Pilot’. Actually, he was the Pilot, and the journalist was PUS, or whatever the Euro-bufoons at EASA calls it now.
Whether it’s just a ride, handling the controls of a new rating, the Spit is still at the top of most folks ‘to do’ list…:diablo: