Jim Logajan wrote:
Denny wrote:
The best way to bring in the new pilots, etc., is to have an LSA,
certified and ready to go, for $45K out the door... At that price
break there will be a fresh market...

Technically, LSA can include the heavier powered parachutes and you
can already buy them "ready-to-fly" for under US$45k:
http://www.steelbreeze.ca/pricing_CDN.htm

But no doubt you mean traditional fixed-wing aircraft - which gets
tougher. Here are a couple of the lowest cost ready-to-fly models I
know of at US $65k:
http://www.skykits.com/KitsandpricingUS.060107.htm
(Main web page http://www.skykits.com/ )


I does reduce the cost when you steal the design.