Avgas in France has reached $7.50/gal !

Have you found one statistic that *PROVES* your point? (that aviation in
France
has been decimated by the French govt. aviation tax strategy?)

Okay, let's re-phrase the question, since the statistics I posted obviously
didn't register with you.

Why is aviation in France statistically out of proportion with its
population, as compared with the US, if NOT because of cost?
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:4UO9e.5395$r53.732@attbi_s21...
Have you found one statistic that *PROVES* your point? (that aviation in
France
has been decimated by the French govt. aviation tax strategy?)

Okay, let's re-phrase the question, since the statistics I posted
obviously didn't register with you.

Why is aviation in France statistically out of proportion with its
population, as compared with the US, if NOT because of cost?

Because the US is not France. They country is different. Geographically,
demographically, and culturally. Therefore your notion of proportionality is
bunkum. Your math is the equivalent of saying we have three apples plus 4
oranges so we have seven fruit.
Just so happens that six strawberries and 1 pear also make seven fruit. It
means **** all.

"Chris" wrote

Just so happens that six strawberries and 1 pear also make seven fruit.

It means **** all.
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In article 4UO9e.5395$r53.732@attbi_s21, Jay Honeck wrote:
Why is aviation in France statistically out of proportion with its
population, as compared with the US, if NOT because of cost?

Cost is certainly one of the most important factors, but I wager even if
avgas was tax free in France, you'd still not see the activity level you
get in the US (due to more reliable and cheaper methods of convenient
high speed transportation, and the shorter distances).

Case in point: aviation isn't really any cheaper in the Isle of Man, but
there are quite a lot of privately owned planes given our small (78000)
population - we have two active GA airports. This is because you can't
drive or take a fast train to Britain and Ireland's cities due to 60nm
of open water. Now compare League City, Texas, which has a population at
least as large as ours (if not larger) by now - which elected to allow
its only airport to have houses built on it, even though it could have
got 90% Federal funding for the airport.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
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