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[QUOTE="2strokerfun, post: 1301743, member: 69719"] Stinsons were great planes. But they sure were interesting to land with any type of crosswind! I've been semi-following the drop in number of GA pilots since I got my license in '79. I think cost is definitely the No. 1 factor. When I got my license, you could buy a really nice little 150 for about $5-6,000, could buy a cub or Taylorcraft that just needed recovering and an engine freshening for $4-6,000; could buy a good used Continental 0-200 or Lycoming 0-290D2 engine for $1,500-$2,000 (but a piston for the 0-290 was $200!!!--In 1978 already!!), a new wooden prop for $4-500. All still expensive for the average Joe slaving 40 hours a week, but doable if your priorities were staight (OK, skewed). Now, geez. Go price a good used engine with any type of time left on it. I think the No. 2 reason is loss of local airports. Amazing how many small community field have been replaced by housing additions in last 35 years. Of course, there are a few more dedicated housing additions with strip in the middle, but the price of the houses and hangars on most of those are only for near-millionaires. [/QUOTE]
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