LSA is larger market than some think

[CT4ME]

From ByDanJohnson... another way of looking at the LSA Market.  Using 2012 numbers, LSA market share is impressive.

http://www.bydanjohnson.com/Sidebar.cfm?Article_ID=1857  

tim

[Jim]

Another thing I've noticed at my little airport is that the LSA people fly a lot more.  There's a light sport within CTAF range and talking at least half the time I go out.  This is far out of proportion to the number of LSA airplanes at my airport.

[Jim]

I think there's a lot of reasons.  Retired is one.  We have a retired university prof that puts lots of hours on his plane.  Other factors are the per-hour cost, the ease of getting the airplane out and putting it back in, and the fun of an LSA.

[FlyingMonkey]

At my airport, the guys that have airplanes that burn 3-6 gallons per hour tend to fly a lot more than those those with airplanes burning 10+gph.  Not too hard to imagine why.

[FredG]

Hard to say for sure all the reasons (ease, economy, fun, time to spare).  I fly my CTsw more than most other GA pilots are flying their planes at my non-towered airport (KIOW).  Easy to tell this time of year, since the snow is not disturbed in front of their hangar doors.  I am not retired, either, I just like flying the plane.    

[Anticept]

It's the compact size and light weight. The difference between an LSA and a 172 is as much a difference as a 172 and a king air. If you have't flown in a little taildragger, go try it. There's a reason that there are old cubs still flying around.

 

There's flying, and then there's feeling what it's like to fly.

[paul m]

I just find my CTLS plain fun, in a way I didn't find a G1000 172 or an Cirrus SR-20 to be.  I recently described it to someone like the miata I used to own.  Never had more fun driving a car than that one with the top down at sunset along the PCH in Los Angeles.    

[FlyingMonkey]