Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:23 pm
#1663874
Hi all,
I'm a newly qualified PPL who trained at Elstree (done about ten hours as PIC since qualifying). I have since moved to Edinburgh and am looking to buy a share in an aircraft to bring down the cost of flying. The cheapest rental options around here seem to be £150/hour or more.
Does anyone know of anything available? Main requirements/preferences:
- Fife Airfield would be best but open to Cumbernauld etc
- Would like something fairly simple since I'm still inexperienced. I think something like a taildragger is not the sensible way to go for now
- Two to four seats. I'll occasionally want to take more than one passenger but if a two seater is cheaper then I could use the savings to rent a four seater when required
- Low monthly/hourly rates. I'm happy to put in a reasonable amount of equity (probably up to £10k or so, depending on the plane, but obviously lower is better)
- Reasonable availability but doesn't need to be amazing. I'd be happy to share with 5-10 members I think since I can be quite flexible on availability. However, I'd appreciate a group that allowed me to take the place away for a few days from time-to-time.
Thanks
I'm a newly qualified PPL who trained at Elstree (done about ten hours as PIC since qualifying). I have since moved to Edinburgh and am looking to buy a share in an aircraft to bring down the cost of flying. The cheapest rental options around here seem to be £150/hour or more.
Does anyone know of anything available? Main requirements/preferences:
- Fife Airfield would be best but open to Cumbernauld etc
- Would like something fairly simple since I'm still inexperienced. I think something like a taildragger is not the sensible way to go for now
- Two to four seats. I'll occasionally want to take more than one passenger but if a two seater is cheaper then I could use the savings to rent a four seater when required
- Low monthly/hourly rates. I'm happy to put in a reasonable amount of equity (probably up to £10k or so, depending on the plane, but obviously lower is better)
- Reasonable availability but doesn't need to be amazing. I'd be happy to share with 5-10 members I think since I can be quite flexible on availability. However, I'd appreciate a group that allowed me to take the place away for a few days from time-to-time.
Thanks