Did lots of pilots ever go anywhere for flying safaris?
Only the wealthy ones. I too would love to see GA made more accessible and cheaper but those days are long gone and no glossy brochure is going to bring them back. When I learnt to fly in the early 80's all I had to do was drive to the airport and after the brief go and pre-flight the aircraft and off we went. As I progressed to an UPPL the VTCs,VFG and VEC's had come in the mail free of charge and I could still just go to the airport, do the brief and pre-flight and launch into freedom's skies. Now its ASICs hi-vis vest and a lot of expense before you even step into the flying school. There is just no way that the clock is going to be turned back to make flying as accessible as it was for me in my 20's.