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Somehow I got to thinking about getting a Sport Pilot certificate in the last few days. It's not like I expect to fail the medical, but the mere idea repulses me (think Bob Hoover can't happen to you?). But the picture is rather bleak: 60% of the expense of low-end GA (at best), poor availability of rentals (how about $2400 for 2-day vacation). Basically the only way to make it affordable is to buy a used J3 Cub from a bank's repo list.

This is amusing, too (although deals with the tort, not FAA directly):

4) The US purchase price of LSAs are largely influenced by three factors. The cost to recoupe R&D, the cost to actually make the aircraft and the dollar to euro. New sLSA companies need to recoupe a lot of money for equipment, R&D, etc. Some aircraft are clearly built better than others. Some use high grade steel, composites, compenents, etc. Most sLSA cost 50% more now than 3 years ago becaues of the dollar to euro.

Three factors? How about the fourth one? I heard that for certificated airplanes, a third or more of the price is liability insurance.

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