Matt Whiting wrote:

I agree that flying is a greater pure thrill than motorcycling and I
have more than 30 years of motorcycling and approaching 30 years of
flying. However, since I live 40 minutes from the nearest airport, it
is much easier to walk down to my garage and take a spin on the bike
when I have a spare couple of hours, than it is to spend 1.5 of those
hours driving to and from the airport for a 30 minute hop.

You put your finger on one reason I sold the Maule. It took me 45 minutes on a
good day to drive to the airport. Over fairly heavily traveled 2-lane roads that
could easily add half an hour to the trip. Add in 20 minutes to untie and
pre-flight and 15 minutes to put her to bed and the entire afternoon is gone for
even a short flight.

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