"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:xnpce.26236$c24.21401@attbi_s72...
I would need to see something to support that. The 100LLers are the
high
performance engines which in my experience sit in the hangar.

Agreed -- although offsetting that are the air charters that fly many
hours
on end. I believe they are skewing the numbers dramatically.

Not to mention the cargo/package haulers. Every night, out and back.

At my field, private twins and truly high performance birds rarely leave
their hangars. What we see flying all day long, day in and day out, are
the
C-150s and Cherokee 140s -- both of which could be (and possibly already
are) running on mogas.

Get into an airport that supports a lot of commerce and you'll see a lot of
difference from the smaller town recreational flyers. I see the
recreational/personal flyers go out and fly an hour or so, but the business
users I know (Cessna 3xx, 4xx, 210's, Barons, Bonanzas, etc) are doing two
and three hour flights at least a couple times a month to a couple times a
week.

I hear so many people in here that put 50-100 hours a year on their planes.
I put over 380 hours on my airplane last year; 310 for business and 70 for
personal.

I'm guessing, Jay, that a lot of people you know with high performance
aircraft mainly use them for personal flying. Fly into a Denver/Centennial
or Jeffco, Grand Junction, or the reliever airports around Dallas, or San
Antonio and you'll see a very different composition. I also fly into a lot
of out-of-the-way places and the difference is striking.


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO