How do we inspire pilots to truly take up cross country soaring ?
So what sort of fee structure do you have at your club to support all of those aircraft? Initial buy in cost? Monthly dues? Price per tow? Price for use of each plane?
2-33: $8-10k
ASK21: $80k (???)
Duo: $100k
LS4: $40k
In my club, our fleet is 2x ASK21, 2x DuoDiscus, 2x LS4 and 2x LS-18-18 for about 50 actively flying members, and days where you won't get a seat in one of these ships are extremely ra There are about 15 private ships owned by club members. We have a total of 9 instructors, all with XC experience, two of them doing 700 km through the Alps on a regular basis.
And no, we don't have the problem that our membership is declining.
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