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 From: ice_bound@rogers.!!!EXTRACT!!!.com 
  
 "Andrew Sarangan"  wrote in message 
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 > 10 to 15 grand for a private??  Have things changed that much? I got my 
 > private pilot license in Canada in 1997, and if memory serves correctly, I 
 > I think I spent a little over $7k. And that was for flying out of a a busy 
 > Class C airport (Ottawa Intl). It included a lot of taxi time, and a 10-15 
 > minute commute each way to the practice area. 
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 Although the minimum requirement is measured in flight-time, we all know 
 that few complete it in the minimum, so lets figure the minimum in air time. 
  
 We need 45 hours, so say a 20 hours dual, 25 hours solo. 
  
 In a C172, at a nominal rate of 124 per Hobbs hour, and with taxes in, my 
 dual per-hour-air-time *actually* works out to 210 per hour, so there is 
 4200. 
  
 My solo per-hour-air-time works out to almost 145, with taxes and mandatory 
 insurance.  That's 25 hours at 145  equals 3625. 
  
 Together, that's just barely shy of 8,000, and its not counting supplies, 
 ground school and the small stuff. 
  
 I hear that the national average is closer to 70 hours, not 45, so its 
 pretty easy to see 10 or 12 grand or more. 
  
 At the rate I have been going, I am pretty certain to see 12. 
  
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