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Old 5th Nov 2007, 22:14
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Dan Dare
 
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Try £12 an hour WET - thats what you could pay for some single seat VW powered aircraft (Turbulent, Taylor, Luton, Jodel Bebe, FRED, VP to name a few). The hours all count for licence issue and I would argue that the hours can be just as useful as the bigger types.

The Tiger Club at Headcorn could train you and hire a Turbulent (for quite a bit more than £12 an hour) but there is nothing to stop you buying in to a group or just getting your own. At this time of year I think you could buy one of the lesser VW types for a few £000, flog the hours out of it and provided you don't break it then sell for at least as much in the summer when there is more demand. It often suprises me that people don't know the availabiliy of this type of flying).

A quick search of the internet AFORS shows group shares available at various locations too.
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