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On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 12:07:11 -0500, "W P Dixon"
wrote: Rates went up a few bucks an hour for rental (fuel prices), but still a great deal.And still a month long wait if you cancel a flight! Maybe where the cost of flying is reasonable , people fly? Just a grass field with more traffic than I see at most Municipal Airports. The rate, astonishingly, has remained at $75 for the Cub through all the gasoline antics, but I reckon the shoe will drop at the turn of the year. (It was $50/hr when I started nine years ago.) For the plane I fly, it's not easy to get time the way I fly, which is to watch the wx and call up the day before or the morning of. But there's a second, less desirable Cub on the airfield, and that is almost always available. For me the limiting factor is weather. I like it sunny and calm, and that's a rarity in New England, especially in the autumn. -- all the best, Dan Ford email: usenet AT danford DOT net Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com the blog: www.danford.net In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com |
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Even with the gas increase the rate is $47.00 for the Champ and Cub where I
fly. Really is a hard to beat price. I'd be flying very cheaply if I could ever get finished with the training part . ![]() Sunny and calm could be a rarity in New England in fall and winter. I don't mind the winds so much..in a reasonable amount that is. But I'd much rather have the ceiling higher than what it was Saturday. I'm just waiting for Jay to open the Sport Pilot Training program at his Inn. Have a Cub and Champ suite, and a CFI to give a sport pilot course in the Inn's own Cub/Champ. ![]() Patrick student SP aircraft structural mech "Cub Driver" usenet AT danford DOT net wrote in message ... On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 12:07:11 -0500, "W P Dixon" wrote: Rates went up a few bucks an hour for rental (fuel prices), but still a great deal.And still a month long wait if you cancel a flight! Maybe where the cost of flying is reasonable , people fly? Just a grass field with more traffic than I see at most Municipal Airports. The rate, astonishingly, has remained at $75 for the Cub through all the gasoline antics, but I reckon the shoe will drop at the turn of the year. (It was $50/hr when I started nine years ago.) For the plane I fly, it's not easy to get time the way I fly, which is to watch the wx and call up the day before or the morning of. But there's a second, less desirable Cub on the airfield, and that is almost always available. For me the limiting factor is weather. I like it sunny and calm, and that's a rarity in New England, especially in the autumn. -- all the best, Dan Ford email: usenet AT danford DOT net Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com the blog: www.danford.net In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com |
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W P Dixon wrote:
Even with the gas increase the rate is $47.00 for the Champ and Cub where I fly. Really is a hard to beat price. Maybe they're using car gas? Prices are down around here to $2.13/gallon. That's about .15 above pre-Katrina prices. George Patterson Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him. |
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Nope,
100 LL ! They do not have any other type available on the field. Amazing since they have the old birds, but they also have 172 , 150 and an Archer . Guess it's easier to just have one type of fuel. They keep their insurance rates nile by having renters have their own policies. Maybe it's alot like the medical industry ...insurance companies keep the prices outrageous? Places here will not touch a taildragger because of THAT cost. So people can't fly cheap, and most don't fly. MHO of course! ![]() Patrick student SP aircraft structural mech "George Patterson" wrote in message news:dHUcf.3189$2R6.560@trndny06... W P Dixon wrote: Even with the gas increase the rate is $47.00 for the Champ and Cub where I fly. Really is a hard to beat price. Maybe they're using car gas? Prices are down around here to $2.13/gallon. That's about .15 above pre-Katrina prices. George Patterson Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him. |
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