Quite right, Gertrude.
Flying should be thought of as a weekly hobby which incurs a weekly expense. Once you get your PPL, the weekly expense may drop slightly because you're not paying for an instructor. If you buy a share in something cheap to run, it might drop even more. But it will always be there. I believe that it is because so many people don't realise this before they start that the number of people getting a license but not keeping flying afterwards is so small.
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