Train Driver I must first congratulate you on a well written and entertaining post. You are clearly only interested in flying for fun and recreation and as such I echo the thoughts of previous posters who are pointing you in the direction of micro-lights.
Today these are real aircraft – albeit with some more restrictive performance limitations – but will offer you all the joys of flying as the antiquated light aircraft that you have flown to date, but at about half the cost.
Thanks to the aviation bureaucrats private flying, and the cost of compliance, is steadily being priced out of the reach of the average private pilot, but at least for the time flying micro-lights still offers an affordable alternative. Enjoy
