40 years ago

Greetings

On May 1, 1967 I flew my last pre-solo dual.
I soloed on May 2, at 10 hours, in Cessna N8624J, a brand new 150, the first
student to solo in it.
The rent was $7/hr wet.

Cheers
H.

ex 502TB, 739CD, 2196B

On Apr 30, 8:25 pm, "H. Adam Stevens"
wrote:
Greetings

On May 1, 1967 I flew my last pre-solo dual.
I soloed on May 2, at 10 hours, in Cessna N8624J, a brand new 150, the first
student to solo in it.
The rent was $7/hr wet.

Cheers
H.

ex 502TB, 739CD, 2196B

Passed my checkride 30 years ago, May 6, 1977. 150's were going for
$16 wet then.
--
Gene Seibel
Tales of Flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

On 30 Apr 2007 20:13:16 -0700, Gene Seibel wrote:

On Apr 30, 8:25 pm, "H. Adam Stevens"
wrote:
Greetings

On May 1, 1967 I flew my last pre-solo dual.
I soloed on May 2, at 10 hours, in Cessna N8624J, a brand new 150, the first
student to solo in it.
The rent was $7/hr wet.

Cheers
H.

ex 502TB, 739CD, 2196B

Passed my checkride 30 years ago, May 6, 1977. 150's were going for
$16 wet then.

Back in '76, our CAP Citabria was going for $10/hour and the L-19 Bird Dog for
$13/hour. Wet, of course.

Ron Wanttaja

48 years ago I soloed in the L-19 Bird Dog at 8.5 hours. I have no idea what
the fuel rate per gallon was--my "rich uncle" was paying the tab!! Of
course, he collected it from me over the next 20 years!!! :-)))))))))

Paul

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
...
On 30 Apr 2007 20:13:16 -0700, Gene Seibel wrote:

On Apr 30, 8:25 pm, "H. Adam Stevens"
wrote:
Greetings

On May 1, 1967 I flew my last pre-solo dual.
I soloed on May 2, at 10 hours, in Cessna N8624J, a brand new 150, the
first
student to solo in it.
The rent was $7/hr wet.

Cheers
H.

ex 502TB, 739CD, 2196B

Passed my checkride 30 years ago, May 6, 1977. 150's were going for
$16 wet then.

Back in '76, our CAP Citabria was going for $10/hour and the L-19 Bird Dog
for
$13/hour. Wet, of course.

Ron Wanttaja

"Gene Seibel" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Apr 30, 8:25 pm, "H. Adam Stevens"
wrote:
Greetings

On May 1, 1967 I flew my last pre-solo dual.
I soloed on May 2, at 10 hours, in Cessna N8624J, a brand new 150, the
first
student to solo in it.
The rent was $7/hr wet.

Cheers
H.

ex 502TB, 739CD, 2196B

Passed my checkride 30 years ago, May 6, 1977. 150's were going for
$16 wet then.
--
Gene Seibel
Tales of Flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.



January, 1971. $12.00 wet, Stellar City Airpark

Al G

Gene Seibel wrote:

Passed my checkride 30 years ago, May 6, 1977. 150's were going for
$16 wet then.

At that rate, in 2037 a 152 will go for $380/hour wet. Maybe I need to
rethink my retirement plans. It looks like I'll need more money than I
thought.


-m
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## insert tail number here
## KHAO, KISZ
"I love cats. They taste just like chicken."

"H. Adam Stevens" wrote in message
...
Greetings

On May 1, 1967 I flew my last pre-solo dual.
I soloed on May 2, at 10 hours, in Cessna N8624J, a brand new 150, the
first student to solo in it.
The rent was $7/hr wet.

Cheers
H.

ex 502TB, 739CD, 2196B


Congrats on your 40th annaversary, lots of fond memories I'm sure.

I soloed at 7.3 hours, about 5 years later in 1972. Apparently I was getting
robbed. I was having to get $10/hr wet, and $15/hr for dual. I think avgas
was about 45 cents a gallon at that time.

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ is interesting for things like this.
Some economists will argue with the numbers but it at least gives some
kind of indication. Since it doesn't yet go to 2007, I used 2006 as
the ending year and moved the start back a year for all of these.


H. Adam Stevens wrote:
I soloed on May 2, at 10 hours, in Cessna N8624J, a brand new 150, the
first student to solo in it.
The rent was $7/hr wet.

$7 in 1966 - $43 in 2006


Richard Riley wrote:
In 1967, my parent's house sold for $25,000. My dad bought a new
Chevy for about $2100, and a gallon of regular was about $.35.

$25,000 in 1966 - $150,000 in 2006
$2,100 in 1966 - $13,000 in 2006
$0.35 in 1966 - $2.20 in 2006


Gene Seibel wrote:
Passed my checkride 30 years ago, May 6, 1977. 150's were going for
$16 wet then.

$16 in 1976 - $58 in 2006


From: Ron Wanttaja wrote:
Back in '76, our CAP Citabria was going for $10/hour and the L-19 Bird
Dog for $13/hour. Wet, of course.

$10 in 1976 - $36 in 2006
$13 in 1976 - $47 in 2006


"Maxwell" wrote:
I soloed at 7.3 hours, about 5 years later in 1972. Apparently I was
getting robbed. I was having to get $10/hr wet, and $15/hr for dual.
I think avgas was about 45 cents a gallon at that time.

$10 in 1971 - $50 in 2006
$15 in 1971 - $75 in 2006
$0.45 in 1971 - $2.30 in 2006


Me, I only soloed about a month and a half ago, so I don't have any "Old
Fart" credentials.

Matt Roberds

H. Adam Stevens wrote:
Greetings

On May 1, 1967 I flew my last pre-solo dual.
I soloed on May 2, at 10 hours, in Cessna N8624J, a brand new 150,
the first student to solo in it.
The rent was $7/hr wet.



That's about the time I did the same, 9 hrs, C-150 N8722G..
Flew out of the now defunct Fairfax airport in Kansas City, Kansas,
presently a GM assembley plant..
Seem to remember dual was $15/hr.

ManhattanMan wrote:
H. Adam Stevens wrote:

Greetings

On May 1, 1967 I flew my last pre-solo dual.
I soloed on May 2, at 10 hours, in Cessna N8624J, a brand new 150,
the first student to solo in it.
The rent was $7/hr wet.




That's about the time I did the same, 9 hrs, C-150 N8722G..
Flew out of the now defunct Fairfax airport in Kansas City, Kansas,
presently a GM assembley plant..
Seem to remember dual was $15/hr.



In 1970 I soloed from Hillside Airport, south of KCMO. $9.00/hr wet for
a C-150. I got my commercial in ~1973 at the Johnson County Airport (now
Executive) with the Johnson Co community college. C-172 were $16.00 hr
wet and the instructors were salaried, so there were no per hour
instructor charges. And I used to fill my '67 Buick Wildcat (430 CID)
with premium at $0.19/gal.

--

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI