The Airport Fence

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:06:10 -0400, The Visitor
wrote in
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[Heart warming story snipped]

Well done, John!

I would guess you have created indelible memories in the minds of many
would be aviators.

It's almost as satisfying as flying. I can't describe it, but I do
encourge it, if you are able to steal 10 or 15 minutes out of a busy
day. It is well worth it for all concerned.

We need to clone John, and get one of him stationed at every airport
fence in America. Within 15 years, the airports would be booming
again.

Great job -- and thanks for sharing the story!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

It's almost as satisfying as flying. I can't describe it, but I do
encourge it, if you are able to steal 10 or 15 minutes out of a busy
day. It is well worth it for all concerned.

We need to clone John, and get one of him stationed at every airport
fence in America. Within 15 years, the airports would be booming
again.

Jay Honeck

GA activity at my airport with over 400 planes is not great. Perhaps
100 plus ops a day where a T&G counts as two ops.

What is the general status of GA activity around the country?

Ron Lee

GA activity at my airport with over 400 planes is not great. Perhaps
100 plus ops a day where a T&G counts as two ops.

What is the general status of GA activity around the country?

Our airport has been much more active this last month, after a VERY
down period. From January through June, I'll bet flying was down 30%
from the year prior -- but starting right before Oshkosh things really
started to pick up.

I'm hopeful that it will continue, as people come to grips with $4-per-
gallon avgas....
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56933
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

I'm hopeful that it will continue, as people come to grips with $4-per-
gallon avgas....
--

Come to grips? That is pretty cheap.

Typical price in Canada 1.37 to 1.50 per litre, so multiply that by 3.8

Take off six cents per dollar for the exchange.

Yes, I would come to grips pretty easily with that.

John

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:54:58 -0400, The Visitor
wrote in
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Typical price in Canada 1.37 to 1.50 per litre

Have you noticed a decrease in GA activity in Canada?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
GA activity at my airport with over 400 planes is not great. Perhaps
100 plus ops a day where a T&G counts as two ops.

What is the general status of GA activity around the country?

Our airport has been much more active this last month, after a VERY
down period. From January through June, I'll bet flying was down 30%
from the year prior -- but starting right before Oshkosh things really
started to pick up.

I'm hopeful that it will continue, as people come to grips with $4-per-
gallon avgas....

Try $10 per gallon AVGAS - you may say you will quit then but the old bug
wont let go of you. Rational people don't do GA.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...

Our airport has been much more active this last month, after a VERY
down period. From January through June, I'll bet flying was down 30%
from the year prior -- but starting right before Oshkosh things really
started to pick up.

I'm hopeful that it will continue, as people come to grips with $4-per-
gallon avgas....

Let's see: at $185 or so an hour operating cost at about 15-16gph, another
dollar a gallon is an increase of about 8% in operating costs.

Get a grip! :~)

S Green wrote:

Rational people don't do GA.


Or boating, or classic cars, or art collecting, or horse ownership, or
competitive show dogs, or race cars, or custom motorcycles, or $20,000
custom bicycles...

Chess or dominoes at the local park, whittling, needlepoint, local
hiking, bird watching in the backyard, etc... are much cheaper.

Personal interests are rarely rational.

("Ron Lee" wrote)
What is the general status of GA activity around the country?


In the spring and summer of 1999, 2000 and 2001, I could sit outside (with
my scanner) and watch plane after plane fly over the house. We are on a line
between the Gopher VOR and the end of runway 09/27 - two miles from the
threshold. Weekends were especially busy.

These past few years, nothing, nadda, zip (for hours at a time) is more the
norm.

Sad.


Paul-Mont
Minneapolis/ St Paul
VFR Terminal Area Chart (TAC)
http://skyvector.com/#24-117-3-1530-580
(GEP) 085 -- off the Gopher Vortac, starts (precisely) over "our" house.