First, I must say everybody I met at Downtown Aviation was pleasant and competent. Still, they seemed not to care if they ever saw me again. My instructor took me straight to the aircraft (Cessna 172) and after a thorough walk-around, off we went for a short ride over Arkansas at 1200 feet. All pretty perfunctory. Perhaps I just wasn't a good fit for this Groupon. I earned my pilot's license 40 years ago, but I quit flying after about five years, so obviously I am not a qualified pilot today. All I really wanted was to practice flying, but my instructor hardly ever took his hand off the controls. Can't blame him, I guess, but I was disappointed.