On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:49:47 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:

2.The FAA with a lot of pushing from EAA and AOPA have created the LSA
license and aircraft certification standard that will allow you to buy a
brand new 2 place aircraft comparable to the one I'm building for less than
$100K. Take a 16 hour course and you will even be able to work on you own
LSA aircraft.

$100K (or even $50K) is still WAY out of reach of most people
(including me!) However, you can still buy a used T-Craft or Aeronca
for under $20K, which is a lot more realistic to most people, There
are also a lot of new aircraft in that price range, straddling the
blurry line between GA/LSA and ultralight... aircraft just about as
capable (depending on the model) as the T-Crafts and Aeroncas... but
NEW.

A lot of people (mainly ultralight pilots) are finding nothing good
about SP/LSA, and I agree that it just about completely missed its
original target (which was the absorbtion of "fat" ultralights). I'll
bet that before too long, though, most primary flight training will be
in new LSA aircraft, as the current fleet of C-150's and similar
aircraft ages.

-Dana
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