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Originally Posted by romad
I paid under 2 grand for my private in 82
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I got lucky, I paid exactly $2000 for my fixed-wing private in 89. My instructor was a fossil with an ancient C-150 (no headsets, you had to scream into the microphone and breathe in the smoke from the cigarette that he lit as soon as the wheels left the ground). Preflight consisted of draining a shot of fuel from the gascolator right onto the asphalt (to look for water spots) and checking the tar-like oil on the dipstick.
Looking back, I was probably lucky in more ways than one...