I've owned and sailed reasonable sized boats=lots of fun,travelled a lot and quite expensive
I've owned and raced single seater,historic and vintage cars=lots of fun but horrendously expensive
I own 1/14th of a 1942 L4 Cub=lots of fun and the cheapest by far of the three pastimes.
We pay £35 per hour all in,including fuel,hangarage,insurance and all maintenance,it can't get much cheaper than that.
We meet once a year to see how the accounts are,some years we all chip in another £2-300,some years nothing,and we have a very healthy replacement engine fund.
Yes,I know we are fortunate,but it shows that you can have affordable flying,in our case in a really nice historic aircraft.
There are lots of groups around or you can form one.
The most important thing is to have really nice trustworthy people in the group
Out of the 14 members,around 6 of us fly regularly,we have internet booking and as far as I can see it's nearly always available when I want to fly,but being semi retired I can chose when to do that.
If you want shiny toys with glass cockpits then that's another thing.
Lister
