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Old 19th Jan 2014, 13:28
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AdamFrisch
 
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Why don't you buy a plane? At those hours it starts to swing in favour of owning if you plan your purchase smartly. The other great thing with owning is that you actually don't have to put up the money after every hour, so it's much less fund/cash dependent (if you ignore the initial investment that you'll recoup on sale). Planes are cheap, a C152 can be picked up for used car money. Who knows, you might just get all that money back when you sell, and then you've flown for free (except fuel). Pretty good odds for me. Maybe you even decide to keep it.

Also, you could turn it into an adventure and go on a European tour in your own aircraft to build these hours. That's what I'd do at your age. Be a great experience.
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