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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