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"Matthew Denning" wrote in message
... Sorry to have taken so long to reply. With the Christmas break I haven't looked at the newsgroup entries since my last posting on the 20th Dec. Re the operating costs of the Boomerang, if you have a copy of the recently released NEW newsletter for Australian Warbirds Association Limited called "The Warbird Flyer" there is a breakdown on page 10 of approximate operating costs per hour for a T-28 Trojan which runs to $1544 per hour. I've flown in CVP and know how much that cost me.....I've also heard R.Hourigans comments on running costs. The Boomerang maintenance and operating requirements are a bit different to a T-28, however the running costs are virtually the same as this in real terms. The fuel usage on average of 180 litres per hour is only one component of the equation. Flying time from Oakey to Tyabb is around 5 hours, and therefore 10 hours total for the round trip. So you can see that just getting there and back is in the order of $15000. Yes, I can see how it adds up. It surprises me how many people say "Why didn't aircraft 'X' appear at this show". Rarely do people take into account the cost of merely getting there. I'm often amazed at how many aircraft from Temora etc end up at Vic airshows. There are very few air shows in Australia including Tyabb that have budgets which can justify paying this sort of money to get one particular aeroplane to their event. So true. I really appreciate your offer of potential sponsorship and any pledges of support would certainly be gladly accepted. I'd be willing to make the request to our company but I realistically doubt we could come up with anything near the amount required. However it would be nice to know that we assisted in some way with your attendance at Tyabb. No promises or anything but, I'll test the waters at the office. Regards -- The Raven http://www.80scartoons.co.uk/batfinkquote.mp3 ** President of the ozemail.* and uunet.* NG's ** since August 15th 2000. |
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