Dan Luke wrote:

Construction is in progress for 16 new "T" hangars at 4R4 in Fairhope.
After 6 years on the waiting list, I'm guaranteed to get one if I want it.
Because of long lead times for structural components--particularly steel
structural members--completion is not expected until December.

Rent will be $300/mo. plus $20/mo. for "facility fees."



Wow. Before I sold my Comanche last November, I had it in a new single
bi-fold door hangar that cost me $185/month. I knew that was a good
deal, but, paying $300/month for any kind of accommodation for the plane
would have been out of the question for me.

Actually, private aviation itself is out of the question for me, now.
911 restrictions, questions about 100LL availability, unreasonable
insurance cost increases (I had no claims), non availability of decent,
quality, reliable, airframe and avionics maintenance, and difficulties
related to keeping a 40 year-old airplane airworthy have combined to
make it so I simply can't connect the dots. It just doesn't compute..