"W P Dixon" wrote:
Yep makes me really appreciate a 40/hr Champ!

Was just going to add that you don't HAVE to learn to fly in a
172**SP**! I realize that's the one in the videos that Cessna Pilot
Centers use in their training ... what great marketing strategy, huh?
"Let's encourage customers to spend almost twice as much as they have
to." An older, less-expensive-to-rent C172 or even a C152 (depending on
what you and your CFI weigh) will do just fine. You don't need a GPS or
AutoPilot or some of the other high-tech gadgets in the SP to learn how
to fly. IMO, that's just paying through the nose for stuff throughout
the training that you won't use until much later. Of course, if money is
no object ...