On Sep 2, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Paul Bart <pb2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Finally a number of posters indicated that we may be losing potential glider > pilots, because the GFA rules, yet I see people turning their backs on power > flying, often citing cost (medicals etc.) and complexity as a reason. I do > not know how the numbers stack up, but chances are that neither do you. So it > is just a speculation used to prop someones point of view.
I know how the numbers stack up, because I do both. A CASA Class-2 medical from a DAME costs $80 plus GST. It is one of the most trivial expenses it’s possible to accrue in aviation, excepting perhaps the $6 it costs to land a GA light aircraft at an AVdata country airport. And as of yesterday, under Part 61 you don’t need one anyway. Switch to a drivers license medical from your GP, fly up to 1500kg MTOW with 1 passenger, fixed pitch, fixed gear, no aerobatics, day VFR. Sold. Anyone who says they’re giving up flying due to the cost of a medical probably flunked theirs because they were on hallucinogenic drugs. - mark
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