Where is everyone?

On May 22, 10:31 am, Jay Honeck wrote:
A friend of mine flew his Cherokee Six from PA to MI last week, in
perfect weather, and told me that he was one of three GA planes on any
center or approach frequency for the entire flight...

Mary, the kids, and I flew (in absolute perfect VFR conditions) to
Springfield, IL this past Sunday. Cedar Rapids approach was dead (it
was us and a commuter), Quad Cities approach was dead (it was us and
one guy practicing approaches), Chicago Center was nearly dead (it was
us and a few airliners), Peoria Approach was utterly dead (it was just
us, for the entire time it took to cross his airspace), and
Springfield had only us in the pattern.

A good portion of my flying over the last three years was travel to
jobsites. That has been reduced drastically, simply because that phase
of upgrades has been completed. Don't really know what is going to be
normal for us now. Gas prices are affecting our driving, but I believe
that as of now we will take most of the flights we would have
otherwise. We paid $3.29 a gallon to fill our pickup yesterday but
Airnav is showing prices of $3.05, $3.00, and $3.33 for avgas in
Kansas where we are flying this weekend. Flying vs driving is actually
a good deal right now.
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Gene Seibel
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Because I fly, I envy no one.