172s at PWK
Sparticus:
I am finishing up my Private license at PWK, and am flying at Windy City Flyers (
www.windycityflyers.com). It is a flight club, and they have old and new 172s, Warriors, a Seminole, a couple of Cirrus', and just took in a 152. the newer 172s rent out for $115/tach hour, and the older 172s rent out for $92/tach hour. I would say that comes out to ~$90 and ~$70 per hobbs on the 172s, respectively. I think the 152 is something like $65/tach hour. I don't know if the above numbers are exact, but they are posted on the web site in either case.
You need to join the club ($495), and pay $33/month in dues. The upside is you can take the planes overnight or for the weekend, the maintenence seems good, the planes are safe, and the people are nice. I don't know how that compares to other places at DPA and PWK, but I assume it's pretty competitive?
Good luck and have fun. Let me know if you have any questions.