Many of the planes are older, but I completely agree with Cleared_ILS, the aircraft are safe, and the maintenance guys are true pros. All of them are top notch and they are also very willing to spend time with the students going over systems etc. Prior to my multi stagecheck, I spent about three hours in maitenance the other day while they were doing a 100 hour progressive inspection on a seminole and pestered them with a ton of questions. They all seemed to have a good time explaining how it worked and what they do over there.