Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:38 am
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I totally agree with Genghis's last post and was just about to post something along the same lines, but he's saved me the job!
Moderator: AndyR
gadgetjunkie wrote:Lee,
The training I mentioned in my previous post was with Clear Prop and they were great.
If I was being picky I would probably say had more instructors than I would have liked (although training with a few different ones I think is a good thing) and rarely was a lesson running on time, but I think those issues are common with most schools.
One of the things I liked was the option of taking some of my training at their other location at Redlands (near Swindon). This gave me some short-strip grass experience which has served me well since.
After getting to know the school I felt sufficiently confident to buy lessons in blocks of 10 hours, which reduced the hourly rate.
There is no need to buy a share to go solo but they do have shares should your circumstances change, the advantage being cheaper training rates.
I went down this route and reckon I saved more than I lost when selling the share a year after buying it, I also got to go flying for £35 /hr when I got my licence.
I have flown a Eurostar, and now fly something Eurostarish but would still recommend the C42 as a great aircraft to learn on, which I feel gives good grounding to move on to various types should you wish. My suspicion with training on a Eurostar is that you might find it a little more difficult moving to something a bit different.
As I said previously, more than happy to meet up and have a chat over a cuppa.
DarrenL wrote:The Light Sport Flying Club & School would appear to be the sister business of the UK distributor for Evektor, Light Sport Aviation Limited. So I suppose it's not surprising that they want to sell shares in the aircraft that they are distributing too. ...