I do understand everything you guys are saying, but given the opportunity for someone to drive without going through drivers ed and studying and taking a test, who would go through all that hassle? It's easier to take a cheap car out, crash a few, and then when you have managed to keep it on the road for a couple of miles, you feel ok about it, and drive to the grocery store whenever you want.

Biggest difference is that (usually) with a park flyer, no one gets injured in the crash. If you are truly motivated, the LHS will sell you another very quickly.

Finding a field and an instructor is the way to do it, but I don't think that the people that are addressed here are inclined to do that.

After several years of flying glow, I got tired of going to large outings without something to fly, and bought a park flyer. In my opinion, the Parkzone that I bought was just slightly less than mediocre. I won't take it with me when I have to go places, and I can't with good conscience sell it to anybody because I won't fly it. It just takes up space. To me, it was a waste of $200. It does fly, in the more correct sense that it remains airborne, but it is not nearly as enjoyable as my oldest Alpha trainer.