Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: sport pilot training in challenger or quicksilver

There is a segment of the flying population that finds owning and flying old, low cost airplanes Ok.  If that is where they want to be, then leave them alone.  Flight schools that want to fly this stuff leave them alone.  You are not going to change their position.  There is another segment of the population that want to learn to fly LSA's.  There is yet another segment of the public that buy and fly the new Cirrus line.  The fastest selling new GA airplane on the planet.  Also new Bechcrafts and Mooney's etc are being sold all the time to those who want these.  The new light sport Legend Cubs for those who want the old era nostalgia look-a-like planes are selling very well and all over the $100k figure.  Light Sport Aircraft are here, and at the right place and at the right time.  New innovation aircraft that is changing and advancing general aviation faster than anything before.   Lead, follow or get out of the way. . .  there is no stopping it no matter how hard some try!

 

Ed Snyder 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Comperini
Sent: May 31, 2011 8:44 AM
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: sport pilot training in challenger or quicksilver

 

On 07:49 AM 5/31/2011, wdbatman wrote:

Hold it there!!!

There are lots of LSA's out there for less than !00K+.  For god's sakes you did not go out and purchase a brand new Cadillac, BMW or Mercedes for your first car did you???????

Exactly... and I'm sorry but it is not fair to compare a used Cessna vs a brand new SLSA.  My 2011 Honda Accord costs more than a used 2000 model I could have purchased. You have to compare used/used, or new/new. The SLSA market is too new for us to see many significantly depreciated used planes on the market. Maybe in 10 years or so, we can talk about how "cheap" some of the used SLSAs have become.

And while we're on that subject, those "$100K" planes people are talking about are SLSAs. No one (except flight schools) needs to own one, unless you want one. There's a whole bunch of LSAs on the used market for $10K and up.

Does Sport Pilot instruction cost the same amount per hour, as private pilot training. Sure, its probably very close. Why shouldn't it cost about the same per hour? But the total number of dollars spent are a lot less, since less hours will be spent getting the certificate. So, if one is happy to live with the privileges and limitations of sport pilot, it is still a cheaper certificate to get.

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Bob Comperini

e-mail: bob@fly-ul.com

WWW: http://www.fly-ul.com

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