How much longer?

JH, I know you dont like me responding to your posts but for the sake
of discussion I might add some perspective.

Thanks for that, Frank. I always appreciate your aviation-related posts.

Complaining about the cost of flying. Yes, everyone has always made a
hobby out of bitching about the high price of aviation -- but we've never
seen fuel costs soar so much in such a short period, especially not at a
time when wages are stagnant or declining.

I, too, will always fly, no matter the cost. (Remember, you're talking to a
guy who sold his plasma for flight time) But as fuel costs continue to
rise our flight time will diminish -- and at some level it will become
impossible to do much more than fly the pattern.

I just don't know what that level will be.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news1eKj.55740$TT4.32970@attbi_s22:

JH, I know you dont like me responding to your posts but for the sake
of discussion I might add some perspective.

Thanks for that, Frank. I always appreciate your aviation-related
posts.

Complaining about the cost of flying. Yes, everyone has always
made a hobby out of bitching about the high price of aviation -- but
we've never seen fuel costs soar so much in such a short period,
especially not at a time when wages are stagnant or declining.

I, too, will always fly, no matter the cost. (Remember, you're talking
to a guy who sold his plasma for flight time) But as fuel costs
continue to rise our flight time will diminish -- and at some level it
will become impossible to do much more than fly the pattern.

I just don't know what that level will be.


That's because you are an idiot.


Bertie

Jay Honeck wrote:

I, too, will always fly, no matter the cost. (Remember, you're talking
to a guy who sold his plasma for flight time)

I knew I was missing a revenue source! Thanks, Jay.

Let me see.....how many pints equals 1 hour of flight time?

Al
Spokane Wa
1964 Skyhawk

Let me see.....how many pints equals 1 hour of flight time?

Back in "the day" I could get about 30 minutes of flight time in a clapped
out Cherokee 140 for a unit of plasma.

Now, that's probably down to 15 minutes...although I haven't checked the
price of plasma in the last decade...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

One thing I have noticed at the lake we frequent: The nearby marina
day-use docks used to be filled every weekend with the "big boat" crowd
from the town about 25 miles up the lake. Now there's always room for
our little 18-footer. I think those folks realized that it's a couple
hundred dollars for the fuel to get to and from. They're just hanging
out in their slips instead and not starting those engines.

Kind of similar to the $100-200 hamburger flight.

Al
Spokane Wa
1964 Skyhawk