And when was the last time you flew a general aviation airplane?
Well, a mad dog is more or less the Cessna of the skies. And Cessnas are known as general aviation airplanes, I would say five years? Perhaps six?
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I grew up when I would literally ride my bike down to the airfield, look at a handful of planes that were for sale that were, at the time, affordably priced that anyone with a middle class income could probably afford to buy or at least form a partnership to do so.
Nowadays, even renting an aircraft is cost prohibitive.
Even though I haven't flown GA for 12 years, way too damned long, I don't want to do the typical airline pilot thing of "I'm onboard the professional boat now, pull up the rope" on GA. One day I would like to own an aircraft, perhaps fly it around VFR, chase a few cows and land on a dirt strip some where to tool around for a few hours before flying back.
AOPA is probably the only institution besides the EAA that's still looking out for the gentleman aircraft owner.
Are they perfect? Nope.
Do they do some annoying things from time to time, Y-E-S!!!! But so does my cat.