Originally Posted by
The Ancient Geek
Have you considered going the Microlight route?.
A good 3 axis microlight could cost under 10 grand, some as little as 2 and flies just like a bigger aircraft.
Cost per hour is cheap with annual costs depending on how much you fly, the biggest cost is hangarage which will depend on availability and location, £100 per month is typical or £50 per month to the landowner if you buy the hangar.
You can reduce the hangarage cost to nil if you have a big enough garage to keep your microlight or light aircraft that folds easily (eg Kitfox, Avid, Escapade or Eurofox) in, and fly from local farm fields. If you search for "Kitfox G-BUPW" in youtube, you can see how I operated in this way.
PS This Kitfox sold years ago and the phone number at the end of the video is no longer mine.