Wolfgang Schwanke writes:

If you fly that much you should buy a plane which will bring costs
down.

I fly a Baron in simulation. That's about $1.9 million to buy. And I also
fly a 737 and 747; those are around $135 million and $280 million,
respectively.

But you'll have a hard time flying 700 hrs in a year. That is
about 1/2 of all the VMC hours there are in northern Europe.

In simulation, I fly in the Great American Southwest, which is VMC almost
every day of the year.

Admittedly, but presumably not very much so. I was giving rough
estimates anyway.

From my standpoint, $132,000 isn't really any better than $250,000.

No, but you'll reach the break even point pretty quickly. I find
membership fees equivalent to 1 hour per 3 months or so, negligible
compared to the hours you quote.

Can you fly 747s at the club?