Originally Posted by
ct8282
FlyingTime at Shoreham have what they call the '79 club'. Basically you get a Piper PA28 (diesel) for £79 per hour including VAT and fuel. Not bad at all!!
There are some caveats on this deal though, such as you can only have the plane for a max of 1.5 hours at a time, allocated in slots. However, I think it's the best deal going so I will be paying the £350 deposit to join this club once I get back from the States with my PPL in May.
Also, if you're in this neck of the woods we could always meet and plane share. This would help to build air experience and we could share the costs somehow which would make it cheaper for us both. Just an idea....
How utterly useless! (And, looking at their website, you are correct, 60-90 minute slots, only one per day).
1½ hrs at a time, allow 15 minutes at each end, is an hour. That'll about get you around the houses, you'll never land away anywhere, never go more than about 50 miles from your Shoreham and thus never really learn much about flying.
Even most rental operations will allow you to landaway so long as you do some reasonable hours. A proper share will allow you to take the aeroplane away for a few days.
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