Grumman American AA-5 traveler

None Nodda Zip Zero

I use to fly a AA-1 T-Cat...fun little plane...but SLOW. Crack the canopy open and you go even slower! LOL I hated the differential steering...using the brakes to steer on the ground. That nose wheel would just seem to point the aircraft in the wrong direction all the while the brakes would get too hot!

HaHa!  Sounds kind of like the Cessna 152 I flew years ago.

Cessna have side windows that hinge outwards, tucking up under the wing. The American has a sliding canopy like a F4U Corsair. Open it an inch or two and its serves to provide some ventilation...open it any further and its a freakin air brake!

I went to the AA-1A after learning to fly on the 150, and flying it while working for awhile on a commercial.  I found the AA-1 faster, higher rate of climb, and much more responsive (especially roll rate).

Personally, I did not mind the  steering via differential braking at all.

I then bought an Ercoupe.  Faster than 150, about the same speed as Grumman.  Wouldn't climb with the Grumman, though.  Now, these were 150s, not 152s, which I understand were a few knots faster than 150.