Hour Building

[clunk1001]

I'm looking for some hour building in the UK, best rate I've found so far is £80/hr wet for a C152, landing fees inclusive, good availability etc (and 10 mins from my front door).

But I just wondered what others were paying?

Cheers.

[flightlevel1985]

When I was hour building, I looked at all the costs and I decided, that it was much cheaper to buy a share. Ive currently got a share in a C172 and inclusive of landing, it costs £72 per hour wet. Although there is a £50 per month fee on top of that and the initial share price of course. Good thing is though, that once your done with it, you can sell it on, so works out cheaper in total than hiring from a club. Availability is much better aswell.

[bri1980]

Sherburn Aero Club have their AT3s now. Similar price to the 152 but a much newer and more advanced aeroplane.

Also have you looked at a company called Aircraft Grouping? Some great deals there.

B

[A and C]

At the moment another guy on the forum XV319 is trying to set up a group on a Cessna 152, the aircraft will be based in the Northeast.

Costs should be IRO £70/month and £50/flying hour (in the air not chock to chock).

It might be worth sending him a PM

[Mikehotel152]

IMHO please bear in mind:

1. If you put capital into a Group or buy an aircraft outright it may be some time before you find a buyer and in the meantime you are liable for a share of all running and repair costs. If the aircraft goes US, you have to put your flying on hold til it's fixed. Annoying if it was another Group Member who pranged it!

2. If you're hiring from a Club, you may have landing fees and/or travel costs to factor in. If it costs you £10 in petrol to get to the airfield and back home every day and £10 in landing fees per flight, that's effectively £20 per hour on top of the hire fee. That cheap deal suddenly looks less competitive and a slightly more expensive local option with landing fees included in the hire fee might work out cheaper.

3. There are non-equity groups who will charge less per hour but charge a monthly fee and have a minimum membership term (usually 6 months). Add in the extras and divide the total fee by the number of hours you realistically expect to fly. It will probably still be cheaper than hiring from a Flying Club.

4. Think about the type of flying you wish to do. What size aircraft do you want? What terms and conditions does the hirer have? I once tried to hire an aircraft for a trip to Scotland and they wanted me to supply a detailed itinerary so they could approve my trip and they wouldn't let me land at unlicensed airfieds - ruling out most of my options. I politely declined to do business with them.

Whereever you hire from, have fun!!! :ok::)