On Jul 16, 9:57*pm, "Jim Stockton" me@nowhere wrote:
" With fuel prices, that would be a significant difference. --
Jim in NC

Following that I would suggest Airtran to DFW. They can handle almost any
weather that you couldn't and a ticket is about the same as 25 gal of avgas.
Alot more practical and a lot less likely to make a smoking hole due to got
to get there pressure. If you want to fly a homebuilt do it, just don't try
to reliably commute in it.
My 2 cents worth.
Jim Stockton

If I can't fly myself the commute becomes impossible. My home is
almost 2 hours drive from KATL and the place I would be is 1.5 hours
from KHOU. My trip one way is 3.5 hours before I am on an airport
property. Factor in security, loading the plane and flight time and
one way is now 7 hours. Doing that twice in a weekend leaves me with
almost no time as I am dependent on carrier schedules. I can afford
the avgas but I can't afford the time.