Cahliban, it is £90 for 40 minutes trial but its only £99.60 for an hour (with instruction), I dont know why but that makes it only very slightly more expensive than a cessna and even if the difference was £1400 I`d still prefer the Moth.
Whirly, I dont expect to get my license in 45 hours! I`m thinking more along the lines of 50-60, hopefully. They say 55-60 is the average. That c140 and the cub at clacton are good deals but im more into the bi plane and open cockpit aspects of the Moth than in it being tailwheel.
Do the navigation bit on a piper! arrggh! whered u hear that? I`ll have to ask them about that but it didnt mention it in the letter they gave me and they didnt tell me that when i phoned them either. I might be able to fly to wycombe for my navigation test. That`d be great because thats where I first saw a Moth and had a ride in it. The pilot of the Moth was the one who told me about Cambridge. Thered be someone to swing my prop there for sure because they have a Moth there.
You say that if im on a budget then i should learn on something else first but why? That is assuming that flying pre ppl is not good but I would enjoy learning on a Moth. Even if it took me 80 hours they would have been on a Moth instead of a cessna which means I would have had more fun.
I`ve worked out that I should be able to keep my license current but it might have to be that I saved up in the first year and then did all the flying in the second year, depending on how much money Id need for university.
Thanks for the advice everyone!