Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
BDS wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in
Keep in mind that business and private expenditures are orders of
magnitude apart. General aviation that might be booming for
business could still be hopelessly beyond the reach of pilots
flying for leisure. That's why you don't see too many people
flying Learjets for leisure, and you don't see too many CEOs flying
in Piper Cubs or ultralights.
You couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

People who have the means don't generally fly airplanes like Learjets
and Barons for leisure because they are not particularly fun
airplanes to fly if what you're after is the sheer joy of flying.

Sure, they're all fun to fly initially when you're learning a new
aircraft, and larger, faster, and more complex is always a bonus.
But after the honeymoon is over all the pilots I know would chose the
smaller, simpler aircraft to fly for fun every time.

I'm sure you're suprised to learn this and I'm sure it doesn't fit
into what you'd suppose to be true. That doesn't make it any less
true however.

BDS

Yep I know to CEOs here locally one with a Cub and one with a Luscombe who,
if they desired, afford to fly just about anything they wanted.

OTOH, there's the warbird addiction...