Auster - Help wanted please!!
Ladies and Gentlemen
Not withstanding the forum earlier (aviation history and nostalgia)regarding this venerable aircraft, may I please ask for some general advice from you experienced people?
My Dad and I, plus a friend are seriously thinking of buying a small aircraft to fly on our PPL's and our initial thaughts are that an Auster would fulfill the requirments. We are however, unsure about the general running costs of an aircraft like the Auster.
Could you please advise us of the following:
1. Approx hourly flying costs ?
2. Approx yearly insurance costs ?
3. Approx yearly maintenance costs ?
I appreciate that these will differ and vary, but any information you could supply would be very gratefully received. Also, if anyone has any good contacts about where to get an Auster from/who to contact etc. I would be most grateful. Lastly, are there many differences between the Auster variants?
Very many thanks to you all
Grob Driver