You could buy a new car, like a big Cadillac for $8,000 back
in the mid 60s, now that isn't even a down payment. You
could buy a J3 Cub in 1967 for $3,000 IN GOOD CONDITION.
You also probably had a job that paid $50-75 a week. A
private in the military got $32/mo plus keep.

A new Harley XLCH cost $1400.

A round of golf can cost you a couple of hundred dollars
today.

The question is how many hours do you work to pay for the
lesson and how badly do you want to learn to fly?
The money isn't worth as much.



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| Newps wrote:
| Because $12.5K is a ridiculous amount. That's more
| than twice what it should cost.
|
| The flight school I worked at was a Cessna Pilot Center.
At the time,
| the new 172SPs were $100/hr and the instruction was
$40/hr. They said it
| was *possible* to finish in 40 hours, but that most people
took 50 to 60
| hours. We told people to plan on $7K - $8K, including
books, supplies,
| the written, etc. The old C152 rented for $63/hr, but
depending on the
| size of the student and instructor, that wasn't always an
option.