Depends - here in Europe you can jojn the local "aeroclub", pay a reasonable yearly fee, perform various work alignments from the club (airport and aircraft mai

Depends - here in Europe you can jojn the local "aeroclub", pay a reasonable yearly fee, perform various work alignments from the club (airport and aircraft maintenance, manning the advisory radio service on the tower, etc.) and then you can fly the clubs gliders at first come first served basis (after appropriate training of course). This way even university students can fly (gliders) without being rich & quite a few of my friends did. Also, not really a problem with leaded fuel in most gliders. ;-) (The towing aircraft or the winch might be a different matter.)