TWO-SEATER LIGHT AEROPLANE. First coat £550 over 10,000 miles.

Seven h.p. Car : First cost £125 over 5,000 miles.

STANDING CHARGES.

Aero- plane. Car. Rrannaro CHARGES.

Aero- plane.

Car.

Depreciation at

Petrol and oil .. £35

£13 20% (car 25%) £110 £31 Tyres• • • • — 4 Interest on capital

aintenance .. 100 15 at 5% 27 6 Sundry expenses .. 20 5 Insurance.. 45 7

Garage .. 42 18

Tax • .

8f

£224 £701

£155 £37 Total cost over 10,000 miles : Aeroplane £379. Cost per mile 9.1d. „ „ „ 5,000 miles : Car £107 10s. „ „ „ 5.15d. Average over 15,000 miles : Aeroplane and Car £486 10s. 7.8d.

It is thus apparent that to own, say, a Moth and an Austin Seven, and to travel another 5,000 miles per year costs eon- sidera,,ly less than to run a really fast car.

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