My friend and I have being having a discussion about owning a cheap LAA type aircraft. We have two options when it comes to buying an aircraft and we could do with a bit of advice from people who are in a similar situation.
Option 1.
Buy a volksplane and share it between the two of us. This would make the share price around £1000. However fixed costs such as insurance and hangared would cripple us as we will be 17 at the time. Would storing a wooden aircraft outside be wise?
Option 2.
Join an Avid Speedwing or similar syndicate, the share price would be similar but the fixed costs would be a lot lower and we would have a much better aircraft and we wouldn't be laughed at at flyins
Thanks
Roger Cottee
BTW, we are both 16 year old glider pilots working towards our glider pilots license then towards our NPPL because of the cross accreditation. I hope we arn't running before we can walk.