Almost every flight school does initial training in single-engine, piston-powered airplanes with fixed landing gear. Even pilots who eventually fly planes as di

Almost every flight school does initial training in single-engine, piston-powered airplanes with fixed landing gear. Even pilots who eventually fly planes as different from a Cessna 152 as a multi-engine, turbine-powered jet liner with retractable gear and other controls like spoilers that training aircraft lack.