Hi guys,
Thanks for your responses. I have scheduled a trial flight with Tri State Aviation (
https://www.tristateaviation.com/) in central jersey. Its not far from my house and the owner was very friendly on the phone. Lessons if I move forward with the full ppl will be approx $220 per hour in total in a 172. Interesting that fixed wing microlights dont seem to exist here and no flying school offers a license in them. (such as the evektor eurostar) In the UK that is very common and cheaper to do a license in them rather than a full PPL. If anyone knows any schools that offer these then please let me know too. A full PPL seems overkill for me.
Edit.. this is what i mean by a fixed wing microlight (or light sport aircraft as Jan mentioned above) Less than half the cost to do a license in this in the UK!
https://www.flymac.co.uk/11-reasons-...g-microlights/