PLL training: Flight school or own-a-plane route?

[Chesterspal]

So, by now you folks have read my other posts. Want to go back and complete my PPL from years ago.

Where I live now in Connecticut is in the sticks. There is a privately owned but open to the public airstrip called Goodspeed just 10 miles from me. Not much, gravel runway, no tower, no service, but you can pay to tie down there. The closest commercial flight school is 25 miles away in Hartford.

Since I plan to buy a small single at some point down the road, would it make sense for me to get one now, park it at Goodspeed and contract with one of these CFI's who travel around giving flying lessons?

I'd be learning right in the plane I will fly from then on, which seems like a plus, and I'd be saving hundreds of $$ off renting from a flight school. I've had quotes if $120/hour just for the plane.

If the Goodspeed option would not work for training... No tower for instance... I could tie down in Hartford. Full service there. Might make more sense for the training, yes?

Your comments, please, and thanks.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I agree with other posters here that owning will not decrease your price per hour and may increase it. The primary reason to own your plane during training is freedom and flexibility. No one else will be contending to schedule your plane and once you are post-solo, you can fly it when you want.

OTOH, most of the older trainers one might purchase will require occasional unscheduled maintenance which will require some patience.