I am a little like you and I read with interest the suggestions of some people that suggest building your own aircraft or buying a "classic". I have done both and all of this is ok as long as you dont have to ask how much it is going to cost. Owning your on aircraft is great and the cost for the
average PPL will only work out to about $900-$1200 per
hour flying time. I'm not kidding, you will have hangerage, if its a classic, you will have maintenance (not a problem for me ) and insurance. All of this is unavoidable and ongoing. You wont build an RV for less that $140,000. And after all this will you feel any different? Hmmmm dont know. Try the gliding ( been there and done that too ) or the RAA. As you can see I'm a bit jaded myself.
