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Originally Posted by Fearfactor
Actually, although the sim ride has been fun, I'm planning on starting up other new hobbies and really want to start flying again. But with fuel prices rising of late, I'm not so sure about that now.
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Consider ultralights.
I am in the process at the moment of converting my GA time over to an aussie UL qualification. The big advantage aside from lower flight costs is no stupid expensive medicals.
In Australia you have a "light sports" category that lets you fly aircraft up to 600 kg. I am currently doing my conversion (5 hours solo required) on one of these:
Similar weight to a Cessna 152 but slightly more powerful so not a bad performer.
03-08-2011, 04:04 AM
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