BTW: I'm currently trying to sort out a flight in a slightly fast and pointy thing around North Wales and the Mach Loop

 

Depends how far we are apart, but I would be very happy to go up with you in a suitable machine and help you out with aero's.

Les

 

www.yakuk.com

 

I've always wanted to do a PPL but never had the money so I turned to flying gliders which I found cheaper. it also gave me something to do in between take off and landing (not like powered flight )

I've always wondered why I cant do a PPL in a light aircraft/ PFA for half the price of learning in a cessna.

a guy at the gliding club with a PPL told me its a very expensive way of having a bacon sandwich. Take off, fly to another airport, land, bacon sandwich and fly back

 

Always wanted to get my hands on one of those!

Les

 

Have a look at that link I posted on this thread. Give them a call, they might be able to sort something out

 

I've been looking to book a aerobatics experince for my wife's 30th Birthday at the end of the month.

any recommendations please? based in Birmingham

 

Thats just being a lightweight at least have a full english

 

dont think he could have afford a full English at £150-£200 per hour flying

For those interested in flying but cant afford to do powered flight you could consider Gliding. its cheaper and every similar http://www.gliding.co.uk/

 

£200 an hour is a lot, I can hire a 150 for £70 an hour, with fuel.

 

Thats a good price these days I reckon.

Les

 

£200 was a price off the top of my head

£70 per hour is awesome. why cant I find flying lessons that cheap tho?

 

That is flying from a small strip & a non equity share scheme. Very nice plane too.

Lessons are going be dearer due to the instructor costs.

 

instructors dont teach for free just for the air time?

 

That's only the cost of renting the aircraft wet - an instructor would be an additional fee. These are planes owned by the flying school I use & they rent them at cost for hour building.

 

I used to get £1.50 an hour when I was instructing and 50p if I authorised a student for a flight!

Les

 

Did that include VAT ?

 

would it be possible for me to rent for £70 and get someone to teach for free?

 

I doubt it unless you know someone who is an instructor, has the spare time & lack of need to make any money. Most of the instructors I know are not exactly living the champagne lifestyle with a lot of free time & lack of monetary constraints.

 

Les is your man at £1.50/hr

 

the odd instructor I've met was doing it to build up air time to move into commercial flying

 

Most of the instructors I've met have been the same, they also need to eat & pay rent though.

 

An instructor once offered to teach me for free but the aircraft hire was £120 per hour back then and there was no way I could have afforded it free out of Uni

 

I wasn't registered!

Les

 

I would not charge, but my licence is out of date now and I can't afford the flying to get it back.

I am only too happy to fly with a licenced pilot if he wanted something like aerobatic instruction, FOC of course.

Les

 

Ill drop you a PM Les as I'm really interested in some Aero training. Need to get my Skills test out of the way, hopefully in the next few weeks.

 

Nice one Les

 

Ok Jon, good luck with the test.

Les

 

out of interest how much woukd it cost to maintain a PPL annually?

 

Well you need to do 12 hours & renew every 2 years, so it's probably going to cost a grand a year if you do the minimum.