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Old June 5th 07, 10:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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"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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Old June 4th 07, 02:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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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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