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On May 31, 9:29 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:
Just look at the drops of avgas consumption: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/a403600001m.htm Oh, my God. That is incredible. And awful. I wonder if those sales figures from the 1980s included military aircraft? There used to be lots of military hardware burning avgas -- not any more... If not? Holy moley...GA really is dead. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Wow, from 1990 to 2000 the consumption dropped by only 20%. From 2000 to 2006 it dropped by 47% (nearly cut in half). Note the big drop in 2004 when lots of layoffs were occuring in high tech... By comparison, Jet-A has been pretty stable, and the growth in Jet-A doesn't appear to making up for the drop in 100LL, and in fact Jet-A use has declined in the past 4 years when the drop in 100LL was substantial. I'd say this is strong evidence that piston flying hours are way down... Boy, those user fees are really going to help fund the airspace system with all that GA traffic out there! (not) |
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M wrote:
On May 31, 8:05 am, Jay Honeck wrote: "The good news: the number of GA accidents in 2006 declined to 1,515 from the 1,669 accidente in 2005. The bad news: The NTSB reports that part of the decline was due to the steady decrease in the amount of GA activity. Since 1990, says the Safety Board, GA hours flown each year have declined, totalling a 20% drop". Just look at the drops of avgas consumption: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/a403600001m.htm Thanks for that link. It basically shows the drop in GA flying since autogas or Jet A increases can't come close to making up the drop in the last decades/years. Ron Lee |
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