Favorite was the retired military guy that soloed me... would screech and grab his heart when I was too low on approach... Would tell me his wife musta sent me to kill him so she could get rich on his retirement!
One bad one when I was working on my CFI, who wasted my summer, tons of hours and a lot of money trying to convince me that I was no good and knew nothing. He almost made me believe it. Passed my test after 10 hours with different instructor.
Biggest mistake was doing my high perfomance time with the guy I was dating at the time, for a lot of reasons.
Oh I don't know whether to smile or sob thinking about all this!
Yes, I had to look up the name of the Grumman model... and it was an A-5 Tiger... Very neat quick little plane. Was my favorite to rent, was the plane I got to take my mom up in after I got my license, and my grandfather, who always wanted to learn how to fly and never did. I let him fly with me. Somebody wrecked the little one I used to fly. Landed it in a clear-cut because the engine didn't sound right. A shame.
You had your own plane? - Wow... how neat. Did a lot of Cessna time flight instructing, of course... They are the workhorse of the industry. Never felt like home after training in low wings, but they are a good plane. Never could get used to being blind in turns though...