Cheapest aircraft

facade

DoaM wrote: »

Does she require any other skills or "attributes"?

At my age?

I'd better get a nurse as well like Young Mr Grace :rotfl:

Robin-o'-the-Hood

Ha ha! Good one. I know you're joking because if you're asking that kind of question seriously on MSE rather than an actual aviation website you would clearly be an idiot.

peter_the_piper

oldhand wrote: »

What about a kite?

Just make sure its well fed. Chose the Red Kite in preference to black as its more common.:rotfl:

interstellaflyer

Putting all the other stuff aside, getting a pilots licence isn't cheep, getting instrument rating adds to the cost and without it you will be restricted to VFR meaning you will be grounded whenever the sky is overcast, you will also be restricted to flying during daylight hours.

NBLondon

More importantly - you have to be going to and from places that have somewhere to land it. There might be enough space in the supermarket carpark to put a microlight down but you'd have to agree it with them in advance, fill out 73 Risk Assessments and convince them it was worth it for the small amount of shopping you could actually carry away in it (i.e. one small rucksack full?)

Perhaps some sort of mixture is the answer.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVE_Mizar or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parajet_Skycar or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moller_M400_Skycar

shaun_from_Africa

interstellaflyer wrote: »

Putting all the other stuff aside, getting a pilots licence isn't cheep, getting instrument rating adds to the cost and without it you will be restricted to VFR meaning you will be grounded whenever the sky is overcast, you will also be restricted to flying during daylight hours.

An unrestricted private pilot's microlight licence isn't as expensive as you would think and most people should be able to obtain this for around the £3k mark (providing of course that you pass the required medical).

interstellaflyer

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

An unrestricted private pilot's microlight licence isn't as expensive as you would think and most people should be able to obtain this for around the £3k mark (providing of course that you pass the required medical).

A microlight will of coarse be grounded in anything other than good weather and I guess VFR would apply.

bearcat16

I think we'll see a commercially available people carrying drone before the end of the decade.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jvYaEAYaAJQ

spiro

waamo wrote: »

I don't think what most people consider an aircraft is the way forward but I will tell you what is.

A hovercraft. It's versatile enough to meet most needs and is a real bonus if you live in an area that might flood.

And the cost of the pilots licence to fly one?

Mrs_Imp

http://www.zenithair.com/stolch701/7-price.html

About USD14,000 plus an engine, brand new. It folds up to fit in a garage and has phenomenal short take off/landing capabilities.