On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:33:57 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

Thomas Borchert writes:

Listen, if you don't want to fly, so be it. But don't try to
rationalize it.

If you want to fly, so be it. But don't try to say that it's not
extremely expensive.

Although there some aspects of flying that are not inexpensive such as
earning the PPL, BUT flying, even a lot does not have to be expensive.
There are planes at our airport that probably cost no more to operate
than it does to drive a car. and you don't have to go to unltalights
to do it. Admittedly they are small and most are two passenger with
relatively small engines. OTOH some of them will move at close to a
150 to 160 MPH with ranges in the neighborhood of 500 miles and do it
while burning less than 4 gallons of car gas per hour.

There are many types of airplanes and many types of flying. The cost
of flying light planes easily spans more than $20 to $200 USD per
hour.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com