> > > > I started flying in 1957 at a SAC aero club at Davis Monthan AFB in > Tucson, AZ. We paid $4.00 per hour for a J-3 and a Champ 7AC. $5.00 per > hour > for a Tripacer and $8.00 for a T-34. Time was free if you were flying to > get > parts or to break in an engine overhaul. For $300.00 I accumulated 84 hours > of flying . > > Patrick Driscoll > Saint Paul, MN > patrick36 at usfamily.net > www.pensbypat.com > If you can read this, Thank a teacher > If you are reading this in English, thank a veteran > > > What a rip off. > After only 25 years the AF aero club had increased their prices by 33%. I had to pay %12 per hr. wet fro a Navion, Mooney or T-34. Image, paying that much for a retract high performance complex FUN aircraft. Being old has its good parts. I flew up my entire G I bill having fun supposedly working on my commercial that I didn't want any. When I got out Memphis NAS was selling their T-34's for $10K each, a whole row of them, you pick . Back in the real world I could not afford to fly and didn't for another twenty years. I messed up,or got lucky and got a ride and it all started again.... I traded a truck for a VolksPlane.
Steve Bray Uncompleted KR2 1941 Piper J-5A.
