Great thread.......just out of interest if you were to buy your own helicopter to train on what does it cost per year to 'keep' say a R22 i.e. the storage, maintenance, servicing etc or is that like asking 'how long is a piece of string'?
And once having gained the PPL (H) is hiring an aircraft still the way forward rather than buying one (and before anyone asks, yes I have done a search but can't find the answers, sorry).