This morning I have been in contact with a guy called Chris Alexander from Pilot Flight Training in Hinton just north of Oxford. Chris leases out aircraft with either dry or wet rates. A dry rate being excluding fuel, a wet rate includes the fuel.
We have decided for obvious reasons to take an aircraft with a dry rate, this will enable us to only pay for aircraft hire so we will then have to settle fuel with most likely cash or credit cards. Refuelling in France and Spain may cause issues with payment and thats without the usual staff strikes, so to minimise hassle we will take plenty of €uro's
Chris states that he has aircraft available in the week we require for around £32.50 per hour dry, this is a good price and will leave us to pay for fuel on top. A single engine piston aircraft usually guzzles 30 litres an hour, at £1.95 + a litre (we have to use Aviation Gasoline) it will work out approx 100 per hour.
I will be meeting with Tom (the other pilot) to have a look through charts and discuss!
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