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Hi Steve,

Thats cool.
Just a question or two.
How do you make those times?

My plane has a about the same speed as a C150.
If I compare a 4 hr drive I need a least about 3 hrs to do the same
journey by plane if the clock starts ticking the moment I close the
door behind me.
The airport is just 10 min. away, pre-flight the plane etc. 30 min.,
1.5 hrs for the flight, 20 min. after I'm landed and then I'm only at
another airport.
And that is probably not my final destination, so I need a taxi for the
last leg.


Good point. Many of the planes we fly today were designed, if not built,
back in the '50's and early '60's. At that time few interstate highways
existed, and rural routes and other highways were frequently two-lane
roads with lots of dangerouis intersections. A long road trip would
frequently see 35MPH average speeds, and some unpaved sections were not
uncommon in many parts of the US. So a 200-mile trip would be 5 to 6
hours by car, and under 2 hours in a C-150.

Today, you frequently average close to 60MPH in a car, and you can
almots always make 50 average, so the same trip takes only 3 to 4 hours
in the car, and still close to 2 in a C-150, with a C-172 not that much
better. Factor in the fact that you have you car to tool around once you
get there, and it really puts a damper on utility for that category of
aircraft. Oh, and - I didn't even mention cost - or weather . . .

G Faris

How do you manage it?

-Kees.