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You can buy a single engine piston plane used for $20K. At the top end of new models about $700K. Flying in general costs $10K a year or so if you fly a fair
by base698 8y ago
You can buy a single engine piston plane used for $20K. At the top end of new models about $700K.
Flying in general costs $10K a year or so if you fly a fair amount, imagine that's affordable to most people with tech jobs who know React or hack Linux :) I'm sure lots of people spend that on drinking in a year.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoYou can reliably get boats for free on Craigslist (less reliably if you want said boat to have an engine and come with with a trailer). Marriage licenses are not expensive. You know what they say. Some things are cheaper to rent. I used to work for a (GA) aircraft mechanic so the cost of ownership is not a totally unknown quantity to me. If I want an expensive hobby I'm going to get a boat. The only way flying can be reasonably cheap is if you go home-built and avoid most of the FAA related cost increases.
- base698 8y agoI spent half the cost of the airplane out of pocket my first year. Looks like year two will be 10%. Heard from lots of people that they didn't have my year 1 costs in 10 years, so YMMV. Running out of things that can break so hopefully the bleeding stops.