On Apr 10, 9:34 am, (Michel Talon) wrote:
Mike Schumann wrote:
GA isn't growing either. The number of student pilot licenses issued has
dropped over 20% in the last few years. One of the leading flight schools
in the Twin Cities (Wings) has just closed as a result.

Mike Schumann

Of course. People practising such activities tend to be wealthier than
the average, and so sincerely believe that cost is not a problem. They
are completely overlooking the fact that they belong to an extremely
small minority, and that for the vast majority of people, aviation
activities are completely cost forbidden.

There are lots of expensive horses in fields round where I live.
Compared to gliding, riding can be pretty expensive for anyone with
any ambition to compete. Not only are good horses expensive (in the
UK), they eat, need shoing, and so on. There are also plenty of off-
shore boats racing - another expensive hobby.