How much do you pay per hour?
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How much do you pay per hour?
I've got a feeling I'm going to be green with envy with some of these responses, but curiosity has got the better of me!
I'll start the ball rolling, I pay £90hr for an Arrow, but I never fly alone, always fill up 'fare paying' pax - sorry friends!
The most I have paid was £130 for a Duchess in Australia and the cheapest was a D31 Turbulent for £19 /hr!
I'll start the ball rolling, I pay £90hr for an Arrow, but I never fly alone, always fill up 'fare paying' pax - sorry friends!
The most I have paid was £130 for a Duchess in Australia and the cheapest was a D31 Turbulent for £19 /hr!
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Price has just gone up to £21/hr dry - works out approx £30/hr wet.
Most I've ever paid is $300/hr for a Pitts Special. Cheapest is probably my current aircraft, although I'd need to check some of the prices I paid when I was hour-building to be sure none of them were cheaper.
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Most I've ever paid is $300/hr for a Pitts Special. Cheapest is probably my current aircraft, although I'd need to check some of the prices I paid when I was hour-building to be sure none of them were cheaper.
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Warrior £50/hr wet, £30/mth (big syndicate at Pophamm). Our other syndicate aircraft which I don't fly is a C152 at £35/hr wet, £25 mth with a £5/month discount if you fly both syndicate aeroplanes.
Most I've paid was £140/hr + landings + instructor cost for checkout for a PA28-235c at Shoreham.
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Most I've paid was £140/hr + landings + instructor cost for checkout for a PA28-235c at Shoreham.
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Currently £6 per hour (dry) for a two-seater Jodel (plus £37 per month fixed charge which includes hangarage, insurance, servicing, oil and everything else).
Most ever: approx £1000 for two hours in a Beechcraft during the Instrument Rating Test. However, this did include the CAA examiner (£560 I think) and approach fees at EGHI).
Most ever: approx £1000 for two hours in a Beechcraft during the Instrument Rating Test. However, this did include the CAA examiner (£560 I think) and approach fees at EGHI).
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Arrow III, £100pm, £65 per hour, 1/6 of the bills that aren't covered by that.
The joy is that the NEXT hour costs me only £65, so I can afford to go on longer trips!
The joy is that the NEXT hour costs me only £65, so I can afford to go on longer trips!
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I'm finding the variation in hire charges quite amazing.
I appreciate that the £120 / hr Warrior might be all new with whistles and bells but a less than half price Jodel for example gives just as much (if not more) rewarding flying as the next plane.
How much profit do you reckon the clubs actually make from a/c hire......??
And before anyone jumps down my oesophagus I fully appreciate that clubs have other overheads that private owners don't have etc. etc.
I appreciate that the £120 / hr Warrior might be all new with whistles and bells but a less than half price Jodel for example gives just as much (if not more) rewarding flying as the next plane.
How much profit do you reckon the clubs actually make from a/c hire......??
And before anyone jumps down my oesophagus I fully appreciate that clubs have other overheads that private owners don't have etc. etc.
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I currently fly my Aeroclub’s two Robins,
DR300 – 120hp/3seat training, €78/hr ~ £67/hr
DR400-140B – 160hp/4seat tourer, €93/hr ~ £56/hr
But even if it cost alot more I would still fly with this french club, not only because it is exactly 5 minutes up the road from my house, but because of the most amazing ‘joie de vivre’ the club has and the extreamly friendly and understanding way they have treated me, a Brit who speaks extreamly bad French, since I joined the club 2 years ago when coming to France. I have never seen a club spirit and ‘camaraderie’ anything like this in the UK, as all the flying schools I saw were just that – flying schools – ie businesses out to make a profit!!! Here in France I am a member of a club in the true sense of the word, where we all get from the aeroclub what we put into it. Last year we (ie all the members of the club together) completely renovated our clubhouse over the course of the summer. Between us we look after the whole aerodrome, ensuring the grass is cut, manning the bar & fuel pumps over the weekend etc. Weekends are when the club really comes alive, the traditional french long lunch at the club being the order of the day, meaning that if you want to fly you had better do it in the morning...or else dont fly at all that day due to the high quality liquid content!!!
I’m sorry for going off the thread topic abit like this, but I think that too many of us get caught up in how much it costs to fly. I have unwittingly discovered that if you can find a club that is half as much fun as I think my aeroclub is, then dont worry if you are paying a few quid more for your flying than someone somewhere else, flying is supposed to be enjoyable - so enjoy yourself even when you dont fly!!!
Regards, SD..
DR300 – 120hp/3seat training, €78/hr ~ £67/hr
DR400-140B – 160hp/4seat tourer, €93/hr ~ £56/hr
But even if it cost alot more I would still fly with this french club, not only because it is exactly 5 minutes up the road from my house, but because of the most amazing ‘joie de vivre’ the club has and the extreamly friendly and understanding way they have treated me, a Brit who speaks extreamly bad French, since I joined the club 2 years ago when coming to France. I have never seen a club spirit and ‘camaraderie’ anything like this in the UK, as all the flying schools I saw were just that – flying schools – ie businesses out to make a profit!!! Here in France I am a member of a club in the true sense of the word, where we all get from the aeroclub what we put into it. Last year we (ie all the members of the club together) completely renovated our clubhouse over the course of the summer. Between us we look after the whole aerodrome, ensuring the grass is cut, manning the bar & fuel pumps over the weekend etc. Weekends are when the club really comes alive, the traditional french long lunch at the club being the order of the day, meaning that if you want to fly you had better do it in the morning...or else dont fly at all that day due to the high quality liquid content!!!
I’m sorry for going off the thread topic abit like this, but I think that too many of us get caught up in how much it costs to fly. I have unwittingly discovered that if you can find a club that is half as much fun as I think my aeroclub is, then dont worry if you are paying a few quid more for your flying than someone somewhere else, flying is supposed to be enjoyable - so enjoy yourself even when you dont fly!!!
Regards, SD..
