flyfish the PFA is for anybody with an interest in aviation. More than one CPL / ATPL out there has a significant number of their early flying hours in PFA aeroplanes.
The only restrictions are that flight over built-up areas and IFR flight is prohibited. I think these rules stem from when the PFA was set up to cover basic homebuilts which used sometimes unreliable engines and had very basic instrumentation. These regs are daft when applied to something like a Vans which cruises around at 180 mph behind a Lycoming 0-360, is aerobatic and is usually very well equipped with modern instrumentation!
A basic Kitfox or Avid comes with folding wings so you can take it home, cruises at around 75-80 knots and seats two. They both have good short field capability and can be had for around 12-15k. When you are done with it you can sell it on for pretty much the same amount or probably a bit more assuming it has been well looked after.
