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I must vehemently disagree with Mr. Goyer. (As far as I remember, this would be the first time doing so!) Is the LSA industry healthy? No way. Does it have great potential to still bring many new pilots into aviation? ABSOLUTELY! Check out the partnership between Bristell USA LP and Aviation Access Project. Combine perhaps the best non-Cub-like LSA out there with a fractional ownership/management/community building model and we can have some action at local airports again! AAP/Bristell allows you to buy 1/8 share in new well-equipped airplane for less than the cost of the average new car. (Around 25k.) Flight training to Sport Pilot is INCLUDED in the price. (Or transition training if you are a pilot but new to LSA.) Throw in a monthly maintenance fee that covers everything except gas (which runs about half the price of the average new car payment and is HUNDREDS less per month than you pay solo), professional management that takes the hassles out of ownership, and the sense of community the AAP is trying to create, and you have a recipe for something people want to do, can afford to do, and can do without as much hassle as they may think. Face it, my tired out 150 (which I love!) does not attract new people to aviation. A sporty cruiser with an iPad interface and leather seats does. Don't give up on LSA! There will be a market shakeout, fewer makers building more planes, and if the AAP Flight Center concept catches on, it will change the economies of scale of the whole industry. When Rotax can afford a price cut on their engines, Dynon on their displays, and when mogas gets common at airports, everything changes. FOR THE BETTER! I've invested a year of my life and every last cent of my disposable income helping to build AAP. Others have done so as well. As have the core group of Bristell dealers and servicers in the USA. Give us a chance to prove Robert wrong. www.aviationaccessproject.com