"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
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You would have to be doing a LOT of traveling, to places where you
couldn't fly your own airplane, AND renting airplanes at those
destinations for your scenario to have any relevance whatsoever. Like,
on the order of one such trip a week.
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*Raising Hand...*

You've just described my world to a tee...

If you flew your theoretically owned airplane every other week (on a
Tuesday or Wednesday) for a couple of hours at a time, and did one decent
cross-country during the off-season, you'd fall squarely within the
description of a typical owner, at least a lower-usage one.

Interesting. As it happens, that's exactly the pattern my flying tends to
take.

Furthermore, while some of your trips could not be made by an owned
airplane, I'd be willing to bet many could (perhaps even most). If that's
not true, then you really need to move somewhere closer to your work. My
description assumes that 100% of the trips cannot be made with your
airplane.

As I said, there are a couple of race cities to which I could fly myself.
As for relocating, if I knew back in 2001 that I'd be able to count on
racing for as much work as I've actually gotten out of it, I'd probably have
moved back east. As it stands now, things are a little up in the air with a
new TV deal in place.

Finally, one key element of the analysis is that you have to be RENTING an
airplane and flying it when you are at your destination. Sounds to me as
though you are working, so it's not like your airplane would have gotten
flown during that time anyway.

Ah. I didn't interpret your point quite this way in your OP. I see your
point. Flying is not something I need to do when I'm on the road.

Your schedule, as similar as it may sound to my description, really
doesn't fit the bill. You wouldn't have been flying your airplane during
those trips anyway, and you still have ample time to fly the airplane and
still meet a minimal annual usage to (barely ) justify owning an
airplane.

Pete

I need to show this last paragraph to my "Secretary of the Treasury..." :O)

Jay