Or, as I tell the people who comment that it must be an expensive hobby, if you
want to do it bad enough you find a way. It might be not driving a late model
SUV, or not buying a McMansion for a house, dropping the 100 channel cable
subscription for basic services etc. It's all in the priorities. I know plenty
of people here in Rhode Island who spend far more on their boats that rarely if
ever leave the bay and are out of the water 9 mos of the year than I do on a
well maintained Cherokee Six. Many of these are the very same people who
comment on flying being a "rich mans's" hobby.

Jay Honeck wrote:

Considering all that goes with owning an airplane, for the joy of it, for
the
freedom it represents, the attainment of a lifelong ambition and dream,
for the
utilitarian purpose that it serves, for the convenience, and mostly for
the
sense of connection between man and a flying machine, it's a HUGE bargain.

I couldn't of said it better, Lee.

To everyone who always says "flying is too expensive", I say you just
haven't run the numbers. Compared to every other form of
transportation/avocation/hobby/profession/addiction, aircraft ownership and
flying wins, hand's down...

There's just nothing else like it...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc.
401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950
email
http://www.andraka.com

"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, 1759