FIRST, LET ME begin by stating that I applaud any—well, most—efforts to make flying more affordable, accessible, and fun for more people.
Flying has long since been something difficult to break into unless you grew up around aviation, had some connections, or just wouldn’t take no for an answer and kept riding your bike out to the airport until someone took you for a ride to get you to stop pestering them.
It’s much easier today to get exposed to GA with aviation STEM programs in schools beginning at kindergarten, desktop flight simulators, aviation training devices, and a host of other increasingly realistic digital activities, plus programming by organizations like EAA, CAP, AOPA, and others geared toward young people.
When the light sport aircraft (LSA) category became a reality in 2004…
