3) In BGA-land you're actually buying a trial membership with the first flight(s) included. If you use the membership by coming back it works out as good value. No landing fees or instructor fees but annual membership fees. Anywhere between £1,000 to £2,000 a year will get you plenty of flying in club machines but it can easily be done for less.
1) We teach circuits using the basic principles of height/distance/angle, effectively constant aspect, but inevitably students start flying by rote using local landmarks. A motorglider takes them away from the local area & tests that the student can still fly an effective circuit using the basic principles. So, good for testing but not required for learning. However, at a busy club the motorglider avoids having to wait in the launch queue between flights, so definitely worth having that option.
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5) You can land anywhere on the airfield & if it's long enough to winch from there's usually plenty of room.