The cost of lessons

[triton140]

Ahh, the joys of Oz ...

I'm paying £88 per hour flying time wet with an instructor, no extra charge for landing fees or briefing/debriefing which are all included - for a Warrior. Plus it's a quiet field, so no waiting for takeoff. And the training area is right by the field, so you get right into it.

Solo, same deal, is £49 per hour wet.

And the sun is shining to boot .........

[gyrotyro]

PPL refresher

Squeegy..

"I have just paid 325 euro (£260) p/hr at Cannes Aviation for some PPL refresher training, which is their standard rate. Then I went for a 7 euro cup of coffee to get over it!!"

That's the price of life on the Cote.

Here in the Mayenne you can hire a Robin 4 seater including an instructor for 126 euros to do a 2 year test or any other instruction.

Also a class II medical here is only 30 euros including an ECG. They are now valid in the UK.

[gyrotyro]

Training

Gorrila ...

"Why not do what the very rich and very stupid people do, buy yourself a plane and teach yourself to fly it!!! "

I did that to get my helicopter rating and saved myself about £7000. I did an intensive course in the UK, flew four hours a day and got my license in under three weeks.

Stupid Moi ! Et tu Gorilla ?

[scooter boy]

Gyrotyro, I did the same as you for the PPL(H) - it saved a lot of money, hassle and time.
It allowed me to train for the PPL(H) and continue to work hard at the same time so I could pay the bills (v. important).
With a helicopter this approach is so much more convenient since you can keep it at home (if the garden is big enough).

If you can afford it buy a machine and get an instructor to teach you to fly it.

SB

[007helicopter]

Cheap $ ??

To be honest, I'd go to the states and do the whole lot there if you have the time (4 weeks). make the most of the cheap $....


Englishall - what cheap dollar is that? in the last couple of months the GBP has crashed from £1.00 = $2.06 to £1.00 = $1.48 today, all of a sudden not only the lessons increase but food & board etc


PS How do you make the blue box when quoting or copy & paste some previous text

[jxk]

PS How do you make the blue box when quoting or copy & paste some previous text

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[Mickey Kaye]

With the present exchange rate isn't south africa about the cheapest place to go.

Sherburns AT-3 are a cracking price 90 quid solo 113 dual. And that for an aircraft less than a year old.