I will quote MTK here, "Guys flying in the lower classes always try to emulate what the top dawgs are doing and that's an expensive shame. Their costs skyrocket due to lack of experience in buying stuff they don't need. They wind up learning the hard way...we all learned that lesson. Many simply drop out on cost alone"

So how about some pattern plane recommendations for the rest of us. 1400-2000 for an airframe. Nope.