Personally, I've had a,lesson, loved it.  Want my license, of course, but like other folks, it's just too damn expensive.  Right now, my only hope lies in impressing when I get flying with the ATC so I can get a powered flying scholarship.   I guess a scholarship done that way would be in the Grob Tutor...

I calcualted the cost of getting a license through lessons at my local aiport...not cheap...about £5000.

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Woe nelly,,,  a good used 172 can be had for under $50,000 and  financed for about $250-month...  leasing the plane back off-sets maintenance,, and insurance is dirt-cheap...   like I said,,if you don't wreck it,,  you can sell it when you're done  (maybe even at a profit)..

Any way you slice it  $250/month is cheaper than 3 people renting for the 100 plus hours !

I DID say it would take some leg-work     but if you're motivated to fly,, this is one way to make it affordable...

I've thought about taking lessons at the local airfield but they must be very expensive. I think it would be nice to see Ontario's beautiful scenery from the sky. But like I said it's way too expensive. They did have an airline business management course at Western University in London Ontario, which offered flying lessons as an optional program but they strongly recomended highschool physics. I just loathe complex math so too bad for me.
I fly R/C model aircraft which I find is fun and challenging. Great hobby for thoes who want to fly real aircraft on a budget.
There's a flight school at my local airfield so maybe I'll get a job there washing aircraft or something in the summer to pay for lessons.

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Here you go guys

I'll dig up the names of banks and insurance companies that specialize in aircraft.  The only one I've been involved with is "Door Aircraft Financing"(or close to that),, if your credit is strong, they'll go 20 years on a C172,,  10 on most 152's...(of course you don't keep it that long,,just keeps the payments low while your training)

It depends mostly on when the engines need rebuilt and when the last annual was done..


(I have a feeling that twin Cessna will need $60,000 in engines soon     )