Cost of ownership question

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:22:39 -0800, "Slip'er"
wrote:

all right you guys, I surrender. Leave them out in the weather and
throw dirt on them every time you have finsihed flying :-)

what you guys have proven to me is that our little airfield 50km south
of Perth in Western Australia is even more special than I had
believed.

we maintain and develop the field ourselves. we have a peppercorn
lease on the property (free) and the costs are club dues plus a few
days occasionally spent on the tractor and slasher mowing the flat
open areas of the airfield.(which is good clean fun)

if we were subject to the costs you put up with not one of us could
afford to be flying. my hangarage costs are about $600 per year.
in fact my overheads are no more than $2000 per year with flying
costing $20-25 per hour.

I'll leave you guys to slash wrists, bay at the moon in frustration,
and I'll just go back to my little piece of heaven.

Stealth Pilot

I'll leave you guys to slash wrists, bay at the moon in frustration,
and I'll just go back to my little piece of heaven.

I wouldn't mind a little piece of your heaven. Oh wait, I would be an
"illegal alien" there and Australia is a lot smarter than the US on that
issue...you'd throw me out.

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 08:48:38 -0800, "Slip'er"
wrote:

I'll leave you guys to slash wrists, bay at the moon in frustration,
and I'll just go back to my little piece of heaven.

I wouldn't mind a little piece of your heaven. Oh wait, I would be an
"illegal alien" there and Australia is a lot smarter than the US on that
issue...you'd throw me out.

if you promise to bring your Pitts, the Learjet and that C5a gallaxy
you nicked from the marines, and you let us fly them, I'm sure we'll
hide you in various hangars untill the feds forget about you :-)

Stealth Pilot

if you promise to bring your Pitts, the Learjet and that C5a gallaxy
you nicked from the marines, and you let us fly them, I'm sure we'll
hide you in various hangars untill the feds forget about you :-)

Can't get the learjet for you BUT, I have my guys putting the Pitts, Aprilia
Falco, and my pickup inside the C5a Galaxy as we speak. My guys tell me
that there is room for plenty more contraband Any special requests?
Otherwise I'm filling every nook and cranny with beer and wine.

Slip'er wrote:

Otherwise I'm filling every nook and cranny with beer and wine.

You're taking *American* beer and wine to *Australia*???? Talk about coals to
Newcastle!

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

Stealth Pilot wrote:

what you guys have proven to me is that our little airfield 50km
south
of Perth in Western Australia is even more special than I had
believed.


It is special indeed. Believe me, if I could hangar at a reasonable
cost, it would certainly be one of the 1st items of business after
buying a plane. Consider yourself a lucky man.
John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)