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brian
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Location: Sacramento, California, USA
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 Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject: flying on the cheap |
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"Flying on the cheap": what an oxymoron.
A big part of the cost of flying is now the cost of fuel. In my last
round-trip across the US (this last Christmas) I found *huge*
differences in fuel price. I could have paid anywhere from $2.80 to
$5.60 per gallon for fuel. I used AirNav.com (http://www.airnav.com/) to
plan my flight based on the cost of fuel. I went back and estimated how
much I saved by explicitly stopping where the fuel was cheapest. My
estimate came to $800 for the trip. $800 in a one-week trip paid for all
the motels and meals along the way.
This also is a useful point for Yak-52s and CJ6As with limited fuel.
Having aux fuel will buy you more flexibility in where you land to
refuel and may save you a LOT of money when traveling cross-country.
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Brian Lloyd 361 Catterline Way
brian-yak at lloyd dot com Folsom, CA 95630
+1.916.367.2131 (voice) +1.270.912.0788 (fax)
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Brian Lloyd
brian-yak at lloyd dot com
+1.916.367.2131 (voice) +1.270.912.0788 (fax)
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . .
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ben(at)designselect.net
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:32 am Post subject: flying on the cheap |
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Gentle people,
As my friend Dennis Sanders reminds me, fuel is cheep. And, he's right.
Show me another liquid that is less expensive. If you think about it, to
make fuel you have to kill all the dinosaurs, bury them for a hundred
million years or so, and then find them again in places like the North
Atlantic Ocean. You've got to drill through the curst of the earth--never
mind the cold, deep water--pump the stuff into a freighter, transport it
around the world so it can be cooked into fuel, then shipped one more time
to your local and friendly gas station where the goods are taxed heavily by
uncle.
I'm paying $2.30/gn. for unleaded and $3.50/gn for 100LL. I can't
buy milk for less, or wine or beer or bottled water for that matter. Seems
a little odd that we pay $4.00, plus for milk. For milk all you need is a
cow and some grass. You don't even have to farm the cows in the North
Atlantic! As well, milk, wine and beer are renewable resources. Oil is
finite.
Yah, I hate a big fuel bill, but the stuff is pretty cheep given all
that goes into making it. Perhaps we should enjoy it, without complaint,
while it lasts.
Ben
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aerobaticgirl(at)yahoo.co
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ben(at)designselect.net
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| Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:35 am Post subject: flying on the cheap |
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And don’t you forget it either!
From: owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Sarah Tobin
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:02 AM
To: yak-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: RE: flying on the cheap
Wow! That must be Cali prices! I pay only 1.89 a gallon of milk here in Colo. Guess they make fancy cows out there! 
Smash
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Seems a little odd that we pay $4.00, plus for milk. |
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