Comments on: Readers Poll – the price of one hour of pleasure ?

By: frd

frd — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:54:48 +0000

Northeast Florida, Cessna 152, $65.00/hr, Instruction $37.00/hr, Hobbs time

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:59:10 +0000

Cessna 182Q – and i’m lucky…it’s a friends plane and i only have to pay for fuel …

By: David

David — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:08:43 +0000

Commander 114: $20/hr engine fund, $70/hr fuel, $90/hr total
Seattle, WA

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:35:33 +0000

Central NSW, Australia

C172N – $117 tacho time

By: Julien

Julien — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:57:47 +0000

Sydney, Australia:

C172N – $128 per hour, tacho time
Piper Archer III – $135 per hour, engine running (VDO) time
Piper Arrow IV – $155 per hour, engine running time

Australia in general is cheaper than Europe and more expensive than North America.

Julien.

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:32:28 +0000

CP315 Emeraude – France – $90/hour

By: PlasticPilot

PlasticPilot — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:50:39 +0000

@Ross: you’re right, so next commenters are also kindly requested to mention if the price is airborne or engine time. This distinction obviously do not apply to gliders…

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:49:12 +0000

PA28-161 Warrior – $170
PA28-201 Arrow – $197
Cambridgeshire, UK. (By the way, you didn’t ask to distinguish between tacho time, engine running time or airborne time. These are engine-running hours.)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:07:16 +0000

Rolladen-Schneider LS-6 – $30 (averaged yearly ownership cost + one tow), midwest USA

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:21:00 +0000

Cessna 172 – $95 UDS/hr – Winnipeg, MB Canada