Real cost of gaining PPL in the UK 2014

[JDA2012]

Checking in with my mandatory response to such questions; I completed my PPL last March at Blackpool in 45h50m flying time, over a four-week period (reckon it could have been three but for poxy clouds ).

Training / course costs - £6817
End-to-end costs (with Class 1 medical, equipment, licence issue fee) - £7839

Full details:
http://www.pprune.org/private-flying...blackpool.html

As noted, the PPL is just the beginning of both flying and costs! I think I totalled about £14-16k last year in total, covering PPL+IR(R)+Night Rating + 101 hours flight time.

As also noted, booking a "block" of time and throwing yourself at it also helps - I am told it tends to take more flying hours the more widely you spread those hours, hence my approach above.