High fuel prices = buyer's market?

I guess what we've been doing with the Aztec is flying it on trips that have
a higher personal value. We'd much rather come down to IOW or across the
pond to visit the in-laws than do a short dinner run. A road trip to IOW or
around the lake to GRR simply wouldn't happen, even though it would be
cheaper, we simply haven't the time.

Our trip to KYIP was really a bargain as far as fuel costs are concerned.
Driving distance would have been 956 round trip. In our gas guzzler Tahoe
it would have cost $231 for gas and taken 18 hours. The Aztec used 100
gallons during 4.6 tach / 5.0 hours hobbs costing $380. Yeah, I know, most
trips don't require that you drive around a lake But when you can
instead go over it, it sure is nice!

Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
The biggest change that I see in my personal flying is that we simply
don't
pull the Aztec out for many $300 hamburgers, instead we'll wait and go
on
longer flights less often.

Personally, I don't plan on changing our habits too much. For short
flights to dinner (or what have you), the price is painful yet doable.
For long flights, on the other hand, the cost of avgas is really giving
me pause.

For example, our flight around the Midwest last month would cost much
more this month -- and the fuel cost was already difficult to bear.

Our flight to Madeline Island last week only took one fill-up of avgas
(ouch!), and our flight to Milwaukee didn't require that I buy ANY of
that expensive, awful stuff -- so the cost was doable. Of course, it
cost $150 to fill the Might Grape's 50 gallon transfer tank
yesterday...

I simply can't imagine feeding your Aztec right now, Jim. Doubling my
hourly cost would just kill me.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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