How much do you pay per hour?
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How much do you pay per hour?
I'm based at Biggin Hill Airport and it works out at £187 p/h. What does that sound like to you? Anyone else at EFG flying school mind telling me how much they pay..
I've never flown out of Biggin, but that looks a little expensive to me.
I work at Cranfield, and the school I tend to fly with here charges £150/hr dual for a C150, C170 for an AA5 and £175 for a C172 (+ £125pa membership).
Cranfield is a similar sized airport to Biggin, and the most expensive place to fly around here.
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I work at Cranfield, and the school I tend to fly with here charges £150/hr dual for a C150, C170 for an AA5 and £175 for a C172 (+ £125pa membership).
Cranfield is a similar sized airport to Biggin, and the most expensive place to fly around here.
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Brakes on to brakes off - I still don't understand how it works.
Including Landing fees, it's a C152
+ £3.48 charge, can't remember what it was, fuel surplus or something.
Including Landing fees, it's a C152
+ £3.48 charge, can't remember what it was, fuel surplus or something.
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I used to pay £145 an hour for a C152 at EFG using the ten hour packs including the instructor. According to the website they charge £165 now. I personally didn't think it is was worth paying extra to use the Warriors, which also have higher landing fees. I assume that's what you're flying though at £187 p/h? That's the same as the price they are quoting for the 10 hour packs online.
There are definitely cheaper places to train at, but to be honest Biggin is a very good training environment, and EFG have well looked after aircraft.
EDIT: Just saw your latest post! Since you are including the landing fee, which is £22 or so, and any fuel surcharge, on a C152 that is a decent price!
Here's a link to their charges page.
There are definitely cheaper places to train at, but to be honest Biggin is a very good training environment, and EFG have well looked after aircraft.
EDIT: Just saw your latest post! Since you are including the landing fee, which is £22 or so, and any fuel surcharge, on a C152 that is a decent price!
Here's a link to their charges page.
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I pay £160 p/h at Panshanger in a PA-28. I flew briefly at Biggin and it worked out, over four hours, in between £185 and £215 p/h in a PA28 Warrior. And that, would you believe, was with discounted instruction based on putting down £1k in advance.
I expect landing on the moon is cheaper.
I expect landing on the moon is cheaper.
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Wow! That's cheap 59p/h + 35p month DD
Also £187p/h isn't affordable. I'm broke whilst learning to fly. Nearly 98% of my monthly wage is going to flying, currently living at home otherwise it'd take me 10 years to do it lol
Also £187p/h isn't affordable. I'm broke whilst learning to fly. Nearly 98% of my monthly wage is going to flying, currently living at home otherwise it'd take me 10 years to do it lol
Mainair Blade, £35/month, fuel.
Okay, I had to buy the shares, but even then - as you say, renting group A is a rapid route to bankruptcy.
Equally however, in either microlights or group A - learning is a lot more expensive than afterwards. i'm sure you're not paying £59/hr including an instructor.
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Holy Moly
That's expensive. Flying is these days though not let up in AvGas prices means it's going to continue to be.
Although I saw a packet of cigarettes is £8 now days. I used to smoke, when I smoked, a packet a day plus a few more at the weekend, around 8 packets a week. That's about £64 a week. Over a month that's around £256. So smoking is still working out more expensive then going flying for an hour and a bit each month.
Save money. Stop smoking, start flying.
Although I saw a packet of cigarettes is £8 now days. I used to smoke, when I smoked, a packet a day plus a few more at the weekend, around 8 packets a week. That's about £64 a week. Over a month that's around £256. So smoking is still working out more expensive then going flying for an hour and a bit each month.
Save money. Stop smoking, start flying.
