I am working on my sport pilots certificate now - have 8 hours so far. Costs so far are: on-line ground school class (King School / Cessna) $350, each hour of instructor time and plane rental (Cessna 162) is ~$200. I also had to buy a pair of aviation headphones $500 (I splurged and got a noise canceling model). There are a couple of other things you should have like a sectional map and a knee board for notes. I expect this will cost me around $4,500-$5,000 when it's all done.
Who here has their sports license, and how difficult was it to obtain?