listing placed 06 February 2009 United Kingdom

No-capital VLA group forming - South/Midlands

Light Sport Aircraft

Myself and a few others are seriously looking at putting together a no-capital flying group in the near future based around a brand new latest-generation Group-A Light Sport Aircraft with an EASA C of A with the intention of providing an affordable alternative to hiring older outdated flying club aircraft.

We are looking at a factory-new Aquila A210 or Remos GX aircraft, which are both two-seat rotax powered aircraft with a cruise speed in the region of 110kts and a range of over 600nm. Equipment wise, the aircraft would be equipped with an EFIS glass cockpit avionics suite, Mode S transponder, modern GPS system, PCAS (Personal Collision Avoidance System), ELT, BRS parachute system. We would also have available a fully-equipped life raft, life jackets, 406mhz GPS PLB and backup Icom radio for members to use free of charge when using the aircraft.

Obviously costs depend on aircraft purchased, location etc. However, we would be aiming for costs to members in the ballpark of ?100-?120 per month and an hourly rate of ?60-70 per hour wet. This first aircraft would only be available to hire by PPL and NPPL holders, but if there is sufficient interest we will look at the possibility of a fractional ownership aircraft to allow for training. We would not be looking to impose any minimum daily hour requirements when taking the aircraft away.

As for location, we are looking at basing the first aircraft in Oxfordshire or Northamptonshire with the potential of setting up new groups where there is sufficient demand to do so. With regards to booking and usage, we are still working on the regulations but we would not be looking to impose any yearly hours limitations like you have with similar schemes such as Cumulus Rentals and Freeflight.

If this scheme sounds of interest, or if you have any further questions, please send me a message on here