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There are three people I know of in the Washington, DC area. One of the
is me. One uses a Cessna 150 and comes in from Hagerstown, MD to College Park. Another Comes in from Orange, VA to Potomac Airfield (temporarily closed by TSA). The last from Culpeper, VA to Hyde Field. My drive would be 2:10 door to door, my flight 1:10 door to door each way. Total gallons of fuel used is about the same weather I fly or drive. However I get two hours a day back. Michelle wrote: Has anyone here done a daily commute in a plane? This would be a commute of about 70 miles and it would be in Southern California so the weather is less of an issue. What aircraft would be best for this kind of cummute? Trying to maximize speed and minimize costs... Paul |
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Ok so it is getting late.
One commutes in a Cessna 150, One in a Cessna 182 and the last in a Maule M-7. Michelle Michelle P wrote: There are three people I know of in the Washington, DC area. One of the is me. One uses a Cessna 150 and comes in from Hagerstown, MD to College Park. Another Comes in from Orange, VA to Potomac Airfield (temporarily closed by TSA). The last from Culpeper, VA to Hyde Field. My drive would be 2:10 door to door, my flight 1:10 door to door each way. Total gallons of fuel used is about the same weather I fly or drive. However I get two hours a day back. Michelle wrote: Has anyone here done a daily commute in a plane? This would be a commute of about 70 miles and it would be in Southern California so the weather is less of an issue. What aircraft would be best for this kind of cummute? Trying to maximize speed and minimize costs... Paul |
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Michelle P wrote:
Ok so it is getting late. One commutes in a Cessna 150, One in a Cessna 182 and the last in a but you do fly for a living, don't you? i.e., the door to door scenario in your case involves an airport at one end, right? so in that case I can see how it can definitely be advantageous; not sure it works as well for someone who somehow has still to commute to the airport at one end (unless you live in an airport community...), and find a way from the airport to work at the other end... --Sylvain |
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Yes I do fly "for a Living" So one door is an airport.
One of the people come into College park which has a Metro stop right off the end of the runway. The other keep an airport car at one end. Michelle Sylvain wrote: Michelle P wrote: Ok so it is getting late. One commutes in a Cessna 150, One in a Cessna 182 and the last in a but you do fly for a living, don't you? i.e., the door to door scenario in your case involves an airport at one end, right? so in that case I can see how it can definitely be advantageous; not sure it works as well for someone who somehow has still to commute to the airport at one end (unless you live in an airport community...), and find a way from the airport to work at the other end... --Sylvain |
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Michelle,
airport car at one end You just reminded me that a friend of mine spent a few years during the '90s commuting from Chino to Burbank in his Cessna 195. At Burbank he had a Hudson Hornet as his airport car, for the short drive to his business. About as classic commute as one could ask, other than the vehicle at the Chino end was a relatively current pickup truck. He didn't have an instrument rating, so there were days he was very late getting into work or couldn't go at all, or was forced into a 2.5 hour drive one way. All the best, Rick |
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![]() Michelle P wrote: Ok so it is getting late. One commutes in a Cessna 150, One in a Cessna 182 and the last in a Maule M-7. Michelle Well, don't forget to wave to all us frustrated commuters down below you wondering who's flying on a nice work morning. grin (Or perhaps there's people who LIKE commuting, but I've never met one.) At least I've got a Prius now! -Malcolm |
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Listen to WTOP between 8-10 in the morning and your will hear me fly
the airplane. I try to be quiet when the observer is broadcasting but sometime ATC calls and it can't wait. Michelle Malcolm wrote: Michelle P wrote: Ok so it is getting late. One commutes in a Cessna 150, One in a Cessna 182 and the last in a Maule M-7. Michelle Well, don't forget to wave to all us frustrated commuters down below you wondering who's flying on a nice work morning. grin (Or perhaps there's people who LIKE commuting, but I've never met one.) At least I've got a Prius now! -Malcolm |
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My drive would be 2:10 door to door, my flight 1:10 door to door each way.
Michelle Well, don't you commute =to= an airport? That certainly helps. ![]() Joes -- Money: what you need when you run out of brains. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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I think a big part of the equation is you have to "want" to do it.
Many of the planes we fly today were designed, if not built, at a time when freeways were few and average road speed was probably 35MPH - less in remote areas. Airplane speeds of 110KT were a huge gain, and 180Kt was just phenomenal. The speed of powerful piston singles and twins at the time rivaled that of the day's airliners (DC-3's). People also did shorter pre-flight preparation and accepted risk differently (sounds strange - some will disagree - but I believe this to be true). The extra cost was easily justified because the time savings, even on 100nm trips was prodigious. Today, you'll find many mission statements that "sort of" work. If you've got just the right distance, airplane, weather scenario etc, and poor enough alternative transportation between your destination points you may have an argument. Southern Calif is a contender for this, because of the traffic situation, and certainly it is the spot on the planet with the greatest number of "personal" air commuters. Few mission statements today can honestly argue cost savings - and not that many even amount to much time saved. Factor-in the hassle of not having your car when you get where you're going, plus the fact that weather can ground you at either end (and every incremental step at overcoming this doubles your operating cost) and what you come down to is - for those who do it, there's a whole lot more enjoyment and satisfaction involved in getting somewhere in your plane than in crawling along studying someone else's bumber stickers for a few hours. G Faris |
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