Kurt, Ron, and guys,
Prices for fixed wing flight training are regional and based on costs and demands. Man, I wish I could offer students a new 172XP for $110, excluding an instructor! Maybe it is the poorer weather up here, or living in the if-it-moves-tax-it-till-it-stops state of Mass., but we have to charge about that for an old 172N, wet. Then the instructor charge is additional.
I was blown away when I spent some time in Daytona with a buddy and we rented a new 172 from Epic Aviation at New Smyrna Beach. Yes, for less that I can offer the machine's 1977 counterpart to my customers for. I would love to put a new plane, probably a DA40, on line, but have a hard time justifying it right now.
The costs for gyro flight training are less influenced by regional matters, as you are probably going to travel to your instructor anyway.
cheers
-=K=-
