On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:22:39 -0800, "Slip'er"
wrote:

all right you guys, I surrender. Leave them out in the weather and
throw dirt on them every time you have finsihed flying :-)

what you guys have proven to me is that our little airfield 50km south
of Perth in Western Australia is even more special than I had
believed.

we maintain and develop the field ourselves. we have a peppercorn
lease on the property (free) and the costs are club dues plus a few
days occasionally spent on the tractor and slasher mowing the flat
open areas of the airfield.(which is good clean fun)

if we were subject to the costs you put up with not one of us could
afford to be flying. my hangarage costs are about $600 per year.
in fact my overheads are no more than $2000 per year with flying
costing $20-25 per hour.

I'll leave you guys to slash wrists, bay at the moon in frustration,
and I'll just go back to my little piece of heaven.

Stealth Pilot