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Old May 8th 09, 06:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Why haven't rental rates come back down?

On Fri, 8 May 2009 09:14:43 -0700 (PDT), gpsman wrote:

At my FBO they only increased the wet rate from $72 to 82/hr.
http://www.northstarmso.com/Home/tab...3/Default.aspx


Wow... I wanna move up there...

My FBO, at the peak, was charging $105 an hour *for a Cessna 150*. When I
started with them a few years ago they were $68 bucks an hour. Now fuel
prices are down to where they were when I started and they charge $95 an
hour... again *for a Cessna 150*.

An old 1970's Cessna 172 costs $120 an hour. It wasn't that long ago you
could get a factory new Skyhawk SP with a G1000 for $120.

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