Flaps on take-off and landing

Jay B writes:

How many times will people have to tell you you are wrong about your
assumptions?

I'm not assuming. I priced it. I stopped when it exceeded my budget,
which it did almost immediately.

Yes, there is a significant outlay up front but there are affordable
ways to fly IF YOU WANT TO.

What kinds of flight? Just flying around the airfield? Cross-country
flights for real transportation? Flights of commercial jetliners?

I suppose if all you want is touch-and-go between two tiny airfields
for a few hours a month, it might not break the bank (at least not
some banks--it would bankrupt me). But if you want to use an aircraft
as a practical means of transportation, or if you're interested in
anything other than the tiniest tin can of an aircraft, big money
problems loom.

If you want to do something bad enough you find the time and a way to
make it so.

Not if you don't have enough money.

That's one reason why some people starve. It's not as though they
don't want to eat badly enough.

Not every flight has to be Lindberg crossing the Atlantic. Sometimes
just 45 minutes of going around the patch a few times is sufficient.

For some lucky pilots, yes. But someone who is interested in other
types of piloting may not find this worthwhile.

The piloting you describe might please someone whose primary purpose
in flying is to feel the sensations of being in the air. However,
someone who wants to use aircraft as practical transportation wouldn't
be happy. And someone who prefers sensations other than those of a
tiny private plane would also be unhappy.

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