In a word...Yes!



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:3focf.315149$084.6932@attbi_s22...
Mary and I have noticed a substantial (and depressing) drop off in personal flying of late. Often we are the only
plane in the pattern, nowadays.

Worse, we've notice far fewer people talking to ATC -- which indicates that this may not be a local phenomenon. On
Sunday, for example, we flew 90 minutes over to Rantoul, IL, and back, and heard maybe three other planes, the whole
way, outside of "working" aircraft. (And one of them was Jim Burns, who was with us!)

We *do* tend to fly at "off" times (Sunday afternoons; Wednesdays and Thursdays, mostly) -- but the change we're
noticing has been pretty dramatic since gas prices spiked. There just doesn't seem to be nearly as many people
flying.

Anyone else noticing this?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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