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sambodidley wrote:

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
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"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
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"sambodidley" wrote:
Affordable rentals are no longer available and haven't been in
decades.

What is your definition of affordable rental?

Simple. What *I* can afford. YMMV

What is the largest dollar amount you would consider still affordable?

Well, in my case, that dollar amount would have to include the cost of
transportation to and from the nearest airport with rentals. That would
be
over a 200 mile round trip for me. Keep in mind, that when I say
affordable I am speaking only as it applies to myself. If LSA rental
planes were available at some of the small airports near me I would
probably
find a way to squeeze enough dollars from my budget to satisfy my
current
thirst for recreational flying. Unless you live near a major urban area,
LSA rentals are just not available at any price and I can't afford to buy
my
own LSA. That's what I mean by affordable.

You are sounding to me like the guy who moved to Kansas then complained
there
was no local surf.

Just where do you live?


--
Jim Pennino

No, it's more like the surf moved and left me. All those local airports
and rentals did exist at one time right here where I live in Texas. I got
my pilot certificate flying out of one, probably before many in this group
were born . That airport has been gone for decades now along with many
others. I thought I made it very clear that I was not complaining but
merely explaining. It may be hard for those living in urban areas, where
almost anything is readily available, to believe that it's not like that
everywhere. Here in rural East Texas, aviation has pretty much withered
away as for as recreational flying is concerned. Many things have changed
since I started flying and I'm not lamenting any of them. If it happened it
happened and I can live with that.