If you're doing your PPL in the UK I would budget £17,000. It sounds a lot, but by the time you've paid for books, groundschool, landing fees, CAA fees, medical, admin fees, examiner fees, VAT, a few hours extra training as you were ill/went on holiday/got busy at work/had bad luck with the weather/got stuck on a manouvre, you will be spending close to that.
And there's nothing worse than running out of money two-thirds way through your PPL, or putting yourself under pressure as the money is running out.
And... anyway, you will need some money left over to actually do some flying for fun/r44 rating etc once you have your PPL
About 70% of people give up flying entirely after their PPL due to cost.
Oh, and hardly anyone gets their PPL on an R22 in minimum hours. Unless they have significant flying experience from elsewhere (fixed wing, military etc).
Last edited by manfromuncle; 24th Aug 2009 at 10:09.