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Yeah good point, and it does reduce the risk in a small group but doesnt completely eliminate it. As long as everyone is 100% honest about their mistakes then all will be fine. Yes I'd love to own my own but simply cant afford to do the amount of hours to make it pay.
There are some Bulldogs at Sarum, also at Kemble who have Extras too, not sure how they run that though. There used to be a Yak52 for hire at Gransden. There are various Cap10's for hire which is a good beginners/intermediate machine (see Tiger club), a few Stearman around and of course the Tiger moth (get the aeros right on that is a challenge in itself).
I guess it all depends what type of aero's you enjoy and whether this is going to be a going for gold passtime!