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"An Airplane In Every Garage"
A sign of the times in that ad: "Sorry, no international students" in
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"An Airplane In Every Garage"
Is anyone doing any instructing in light sport aircraft yet? (I have seen
none in my area, yet.) What do they cost per hour to operate? It's got to be pretty affordable, no? St. Charles Flying Service at 3SQ is (the last time I checked) only 1 of 2 part 141 schools in the country. They had a writeup in AOPA Pilot recently. They have 2 Evektor Sport Star trainers. They rent for the same price as their (beat-up) 172's, but are obviously newer. They quote a complete 141 SP package price of less than $3k. http://www.stcharlesflyingsvs.com/lightsport.php I'm based at a field near there (KSET) and they are buzzing around all the time, so they are definetely getting a lot of use. Comments I've heard are that they are a "really fun" to fly. I got my PP and Instrument ratings at 3SQ and they are a great bunch of people to work with. Brian |
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"An Airplane In Every Garage"
Is anyone doing any instructing in light sport aircraft yet? (I have
seen none in my area, yet.) What do they cost per hour to operate? It's got to be pretty affordable, no? See http://www.sportpilot.org/instructors/. There are a few Sport instructors around... |
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"An Airplane In Every Garage"
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:16:25 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote: The small aircraft transportation vision is a safe travel alternative freeing people and products from transportation system delays, by creating access to more communities in less time. This technology is in operation today. If an aviation journalist is unaware of the plan to revitalize municipal airport usage, it's no wonder that city planners are blindly closing the airports that SATS depends upon for success. "When Will SATS Become Operational? The Proof of Concept research and technology development phase lasts for five years, or until 2005. Pieces of the SATS technology and several SATS aircraft already exist. Once the 5-year proof of concept SATS Project is complete, it is anticipated that SATS will continue development through the next decade. During that time, it is hoped that federal regulations, airspace procedures, and industry products will be developed to accommodate SATS traffic. The system full deployment phase at federal, state and local levels could occur as early as 2015. SATS could be mature and fully operational by 2020." Unfortunately, I don't think it is currently active. It just finished the proof of concept stage which was successful. I think they are looking for funding for staged implementation. Jim http://www.unconventional-wisdom.org |
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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:47:36 GMT, ls
wrote: AJ wrote: I missed this article when it first appeared. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Flyin...=949148&page=1 Is it possible for the Light Sport category to revive that old slogan of "An Airplane In Every Garage" in order to bolster the number of GA pilots? AJ Not sure whether to respond with "no" or "hell no" here....Hrm... Ok, yeah, I'll go with "hell no".... The darlings of the Sport Pilot rule - SLSA and ELSA - are already priced well beyond affordability even in 2005 dollars and even beyond acceptable bang/buck. Bottom dollar for an SLSA is about 70 large already and I don't see that figure coming down in the forseeable future (and it'll likely go up!). ELSA are going to be around the same price...... You have to look at the big picture. From my numbers, the prices averaged about $58,000 and rose to about $68,000 when demand picked up a bit. As more competitors enter the market, supply pressures will force prices to go down. There is a lot of interest right now. Say maybe three years before things creep down again. A good healty short term economic profit is not always a bad thing. Yes, currently people like me cannot afford the plane, but since there is a solid profit to be made, a lot of manufacturers will enter the market that might have been on the fence. Competition breeds diversity and innovation which is never a bad thing. I've seen some pretty damn novel aircraft sporting features that aren't offered by cessna or piper. And eventually the prices come down. God bless the free market system. Also, the prices aint really bad, if you look at it from a FBO's perspective. I'm a little curious how Diamond is feeling about their brand spanking new DA-20. They are marketing them to schools at $160K. Subtract the Garmin and other goodies, the base airframe is like $140 or so. Your typical LSA is half the price, out performs the warhorse 152 and you can train private pilots in it. Jim http://www.unconventional-wisdom.org |
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"An Airplane In Every Garage"
Yep, I didn't say there weren't. I just noted the issue about part
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