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  1. brehmel62

    The state of flying in the US

    I was looking over the FAA statistics and some things come to mind. We seem to be losing pilots. There were about 358,000 private pilots in 1980, but this was down to 163,000 in 2017. A loss of 195,000. Maybe some of those moved up to commercial. In 1980 there were 183,000 commercial pilots...
  2. brehmel62

    $5,500 aircraft?

    In the ultralight challenge thread, a $5,500 aircraft was mentioned. I thought this deserved its own thread. How feasible is that price point? I considered that instruments might be a problem. I made up a list on Aircraft Spruce including Altimeter, Air speed indicator, thermometer, slip...
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