If car makers sold cars the way airplane companies do, half of us would be driving 1953 Studebakers simply because we wouldn’t know about anything newer. That’s the only way we can explain why nice little airplanes like the OMF Symphony don’t seem to get much notice.

We recently test flew the Symphony, an interesting trainer-cum-sport cruiser that’s been available in the U.S. for a couple of years. We’ve been trying to fly one for at least that long but because of a lack of dealers, available demos and a favorable schedule, our efforts have been stymied. The Symphony is one in a small flock of new-age two-place trainers we’ve noticed…