Paid $3.94/gal at SLK yesterday. Weather sucked: 2000 overcast (forecast
promised 15000 or better): a trip to Adirondacks turned out to be much
less scenic than expected. The FBO was great, though: friendly people,
quick service, no landing fee. VOR reception can be intermittent in the
mountains (duh). A weird thing happened: I had a panel-mounted GPS used for
DME purposes, and once in the mountains it started losing sats like every
five to ten minutes, going into self-test mode every time. Very annoying.
I couldn't help remembering NW_pilot's glass cockpit story. This was
also a garmin box (don't remember which one), and it was rendered practically
useless. South of GFL everything went back to normal. Can't really explain it.

Andrey


Ron Lee wrote:
Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.

Ron Lee