Student pilots soon will be making their first solo flights in a captive airplane which is regarded as crashproof and foolproof. A model of the training plane has been built by the inventor, Elden Dale, to demonstrate how the plane, anchored to a pylon by a curved arm, will take off, perform maneuvers and land in safety. In operation the craft flies around the pylon at any speed, a bearing at the top supporting the weight of the motor, plane and arm. The full-size trainer will be designed to do both an inside and outside loop, to spin, dive, fly upside down or bank, responding instantly to the pilot’s control. At the juncture of the pylon and arm is a patented steel safety device which will always land the plane on its wheels and prevent the propeller or tail from striking the ground. The inventor states that remote control could be installed, allowing the instructor to control the'ship from the ground.