Flying wise I have never had it so good. Life on the strip is almost completely hassle free and the social side has got better, (inc BBQ’s etc). The total number of locally based aircraft is however down very markedly. I was shown round a friends aircraft parked at the local licensed airfield where I based my AA5 and was shocked by how few privately owned aircraft were left (down ½ to 2/3). I had put the reduction in interesting forum stuff down to fewer pilots and fewer pilot owners. I suspect things will pick up with the economic cycle, but my flying is far removed from IO540’s, which may have been impacted much harder by the recession.
Rod1