Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
I was in my local flight school today and noticed that the rental price on a 152 went up to $100/hour. An instructor is another $50. Once getting trained staying current is also very expensive.
My FBO is at a GA airport smack in the middle of a very expensive city...for $100 I can get a 172 with bonus STC's, 180HP and moving map GPS (wet).
Maybe you need to shop around...for that price it'd be cheaper to buy one.