Prestwick for breakfast!
June 7th, 2008Or alternatively, “The £270 bacon roll”.
That’s right, the old aviation joke about the $100 cheeseburger may be fine for half hour flyouts in the US with no landing fees, but here on the Isle of Man where just about anywhere is at least an hour away, the costs are somewhat greater.
Anyway, this was the first cross country flight since I completed the PPL course last year – so this time Catherine could come along too.
I’m going to try and do more cross country over the summer as it’s more interesting and challenging. If I do one trip every 6 weeks or so, with a couple of 20 minute circuit sessions in between, the cost should be the same as a couple of flights round the island. All I need now are some destinations…
Each flight cost about £135, and took 1 hour 15 minutes brakes off to brakes on. We left at 10:00 and were back by 14:00. An equivalent round trip with the car and Steam Packet at this time of year would cost £330 – and take 16 hours travelling time alone!
