Get yourself an Ercoupe. Originally sold by Macy’s and they advertised them as being as easy to fly as driving a car. You can still get one cheap, and some are classified as light sport.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERCO_Ercoupe
Thank you for the link. I didn’t know about that craft.
It could live and at least be sort of tested at my parents place where they have a couple hundred acres doing ground stuff.
Depending on how I am doing next year financially and physically, I may see about learning to fly. This year has been rough on both fronts.