"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote in message
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Jay Beckman wrote:
Unfortunately, they just bumped the hourly rate up to $110/hr a couple
of
weeks ago.

IMO, it's still a competitive price per hour (IIRC, Chandler Air rents
their
new SP for $120-125/hr...) but it's fueling my interest in flying clubs
right now.


Good God! Here I was feeling sorry for myself having to pay $85-95 an
hour,
depending on whether the bird had GPS or not. I can remember paying
$37.50 an
hour for a C-172 years ago.


When was that?

I remember paying $18 (1979, club, or $22 from the FBO...WET) and that was
for fairly new stuff.