Quick back of envelope sum for you.
Buy a share at £2k, fly at bargain basement rates of about £70/hr all in, do 200 hrs, sell the share for a knockdown price of £1000. You just spent £15k, or 75/hr for your hourbuilding.
Buy a cheap LAA aeroplane for £7k (I'm looking at this as an example, as it just appeared on AFORS, and looks a lot of fun
https://afors.com/index.php?page=adv...d=26152&imid=0 )
Fly 200 hours in a year.
Fuel: 200 x 12 x £1.20 = £2,880. Let's cal it £3,000 with oil.
Insurance: ~£1,000
Tie-down / hangarage costs at a cheap farmstrip: £1,500
Maintenance / permit costs: ~£500
Sell if for a bargain price of £4,000
Total about £9,000 for 200 hours flying, or £45/hr.
Other aeroplanes and financial models are available! Most of which leave you knowing also vastly more about aviation than you would have done with somebody else managing the aeroplane. Even if you keep the aeroplane, you finish off financially slightly better off, and owning an aeroplane !
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