High Cost of Sportplanes

Ron Wanttaja wrote:

The resolution of the SLSA cost vs. popularity question is likely to be
only
obvious in hindsight. About sixty years go, the General Aviation industry
knew that all the pilots coming back from WWII would want their own
airplanes
to fly. They cranked out of ton of airplanes. So many, in fact, that 60
years later, there are more planes on the FAA rolls manufactured in 1947
than any other year.

And, of course...it was a bust.

There was the feeling at that time a light aircraft would prove to be a
useful form of everyday transportation, which never happened. I think the
concept of a 'sport' plane is more truthful, something purely recreational
like most watercraft, snowmobiles, hanggliders, and motorcycles. There are
many US$ 15K motorcycles that are essentially lawn decorations, ridden a
few hundred miles a year on nice weekend afternoons. If you had a $15-20K
LSA, it might not be a bust this time around. Just how far the budget for
'sport' items can be pushed is a good question.


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