I have to think the 1100.00 price is a typo. I'll bet he intended to type $100.00. Just a guess. Also a question for gphil ; back to your airplane flying....you said that after soloing your flying "seemed starting getting worse". You also referred to yourself as an "old guy". From another old guy that that also at one point started to not fly as well and comfortable as previously, I wonder if a change in your distance vision has impacted your flying and makes it seem that "the learning curve has started down". It happened to me and I had to have follow up eye surgery about 5 yrs. after my initial cataract operation. I was not told during the first surgery period that a follow up procedure in 1-5 yrs is very common. Does any of this fit your situation? Also what type and size airplane were you flying?