Fly fly let me fly
November 3rd, 2009 by stevinium, under Air Travel, World Travel. No Comments
Would you like being high in the air? This might be cheaper than you think with an ultra light air craft. Ultralight aviation offers the opportunity for people who are not super rich to own their own airplane and take to the skies.
There are many different meanings for ultralight aircrafts. Generally, they are considered to be a small plane with just the 1 seat. Many folks consider 2 seater planes to also be classed as an ultralight airplane.
There are also microlight planes, these are often considered to be even lighter than an ultralight plane. I do not think it is a good idea to think too much about the the definition. It is much more fun thinking about actually flying one in the sky.
You are probably aware, normal airplanes are horrendously expensive and completely out the question for everybody, except the extremely wealthy.
One thing you can do to make taking to the skies cheaper is to build the ultralight aircraft yourself! I know it sounds nuts, but it is not as hard as you might think.
There are ultralight airplane kit sets available to make building an ultralight plane relatively easy, anybody can do it.
Building an ultralight aircraft is very similar to meccano, perhaps you remember doing this when you were a kid.
I know when I first looked into ultralight air plane plans, my initial concerns were those of safety. I thought, “If I build it something will fall off whilst i’m in the sky”. There are hundreds of checks you can do to make sure everything is safe.
Thinking realistically, the price of an ultralight aircraft kit is going to be five figures. Starting at the $10,000 mark and going up.
Building is not going to be quick. It will take you upto a full year to complete if you did it in your spare time.
