a wrote:
On Sep 11, 1:14Â*am, wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
Mark writes:

One can only hope the LSA market as well as
all single engine manufacturers will one day
open their doors to affordability for the general public
and maybe then General Aviation will begin to
see a turn around.

There are too many restrictions on LSA to make it practical for anyone. It's
only interesting for people who can't pass a medical and are willing to
pretend they can.

Nope, it is also of interest to people who would like to fly on the cheap.

3 Â*gal/hour is a lot cheaper than 12 gal/hour.

There are no restrictions on LSA that would make the slightest difference
to me or anyone else that flys day VFR, which is most of GA.

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Jim Pennino

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About half of us who hold private licenses are instrument rated, which
suggests at least to me that we tend to use our general aviation
privileges in somewhat less restrictive environments than only daytime
VFR. I would NOT bet against your assertion, though, that most SEL GA
hours are under non-instrument meteorological conditions in the day
time. Mine surely are, but if that was the limitation I would not be
able to fly most of the trips I intended to.

Like all of life, your mileage may vary.

I doubt that more than a small fraction of IFR rated private pilots are
current or ever use the rating in actual IMC.

I would wager that most of them got the rating because of the insurance
break you get and the value of the training.

Personnaly, I don't even like to drive in bad weather.

And since I live in SoCal, it is a rather moot point for me as other than
some early morning crud I might have to wait for a while to burn off, there
is seldom any IMC to fly in.


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Jim Pennino

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