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Old February 24th 08, 02:30 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]
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On Feb 24, 9:09 am, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
I had an airplane that I had to sacrifice for graduate school 4
years
ago. Now finish and looking to get back in the game, I find local
avgas prices in my area range from over $6 to over $7!!! (Up from
$2.30).


Two words: Car gas.

Make sure your plane can run on it (most can), and make sure you live
in a state that doesn't pollute all of their gas with alcohol -- and
flying can still be affordable.

We have run 9000+ gallons of regular unleaded 87 octane car gas
through our home-made fuel truck (see it
hehttp://www.alexisparkinn.com/new_mighty_grape.htm) into our
airplanes, at a savings of well over $1.00 (sometimes $2.00+) per
gallon.

Do the math -- it'll pay for your truck and make flying less
expensive. AND, best of all, most planes run *better* on unleaded
fuel. It's one of very few win-win situations in aviation.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Pretty cool!

Any club or FBO I've been in forbid refueling in the hangar.

I never dug deep to find out why. I can only suppose they didn't want
to lose an airplane AND a building.


Damned safety nuts.


Bertie
 




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