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Ramblings about flying for fun and profit


flight training costs

  • You Want to Learn to Fly, But… Part 2

    The last post talked about how much it costs me to fly my own plane compared to what it cost me when I first bought it.  This time we’ll look at estimates for getting a pilot’s license through a flight school or buying an airplane and using it to get a license. The Flight School […]

  • You Want to Learn to Fly. But… Part 1

    An informal survey by AOPA on their eBrief newsletter asked individuals why they had quit their flight training before getting their pilot’s licenses.The results of the survey, shown here, indicate that by a huge margin the biggest barrier to completion is the "Expense of renting and aircraft and receiving instruction."  At about the same time […]