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1. 07:20 AM - Fuel costs (Arnold Plowman)
2. 07:35 AM - Re: Fuel costs (Bruce Gray)
3. 10:50 AM - Re: Fuel costs (Craymondw@aol.com)
4. 11:06 AM - Re: Fuel costs (RObin Young)
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Hey guys! We are on the same side! Lets start finding ways of reducing
fuel consumption, finding alternate fuels, etc. It has never been cheap
to fly. When I was learning to fly I thought Avgas was really expensive
($2.00) but it is all relative. I went to electronic ignition and
running lean of peak and have cut my fuel flows by almost two gallons
per hour at altitude. Yes, I have cut back my flying as well, but 75
hours a year in my GII-S-FT is better than not flying.
How long will it last....I don't know. But as long as the
redistribution of wealth (call it equal opportunity or whatever you
want) remains the unspoken goal of so many politicians, it will get
tougher to own and operate an aircraft. I don't know about you, but I
will enjoy it as long as I can and then be thankful I had the chance.
Arnold Plowman
68DJ
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Heck, I remember when 100LL was 35 cents a gallon. The J3 Cub I learned
to
fly in only cost $10 wet per hour.
Bruce
www.Glasair.org <http://www.glasair.org/>
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:owner-glasair-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Arnold
Plowman
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:19 AM
Subject: Glasair-List: Fuel costs
Hey guys! We are on the same side! Lets start finding ways of reducing
fuel consumption, finding alternate fuels, etc. It has never been cheap
to
fly. When I was learning to fly I thought Avgas was really expensive
($2.00) but it is all relative. I went to electronic ignition and
running
lean of peak and have cut my fuel flows by almost two gallons per hour
at
altitude. Yes, I have cut back my flying as well, but 75 hours a year
in my
GII-S-FT is better than not flying.
How long will it last....I don't know. But as long as the
redistribution of
wealth (call it equal opportunity or whatever you want) remains the
unspoken
goal of so many politicians, it will get tougher to own and operate an
aircraft. I don't know about you, but I will enjoy it as long as I can
and
then be thankful I had the chance.
Arnold Plowman
68DJ
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It appeared to a few members felt that I was picking on Glasair when I was
talked about high fuel costs destroying the industry. I am sorry for the
misunderstanding. I have three close friends that own Glasairs 111's with one
of
them also owning a Glasair 11. My wife owns an unusually fast and very
reliable Glasair 2S FT and we all get to fly one another's aircrafts. My life
long
passion has been aerobatics and I owned a highly modified Pitts S2S but
decided to stop performing unlimited aerobatics after developing floaters in my
eyes.
My wife owns her own company and uses her plane for business trips,
visiting our families and friends and flying to various tourist spots and resorts.
Her time is more important to her than the cost of fuel. And even though we
made roughly two dozen flights last year, we have cut our total hours down
from 125 hours to fifty last year. What is making me nervous about fuel costs
was receiving a phone call last year from a business man saying he had a
Glasair 11 FT 90% completed and just wanted it out of his hanger. Doing the
math, even if I took the plane for free and completed it in these market
conditions, I felt after completing the plane I would only break even trying to
sell
it.
My financial advisor as well as friends that are oil company executives
aren't painting a pretty picture and can see no way for fuel prices to go but
continue to sky rocket up. In my mind, the only way out of this is for the
government to get out of the way and allow simultaneous drillings in Anwar, the
Eastern Gulf Of Mexico and on the main land. The Government also has to
provided financing to develop oil sand and oil shale processing plants. And
refineries have to be built. Lastly, this country has to cut down it's thirst
for
oil buy enforcing mileage requirements for vehicles. By doing this, industry
analysts feel this country would have a good twenty year supply of low cost
petroleum. Of all the alternatives, a hydrogen gas powered fleet appears to
the most promising but will take years to develope.
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If you Google "peak oil" several sites that are mostly blogs by economists
and oil insiders pop up. Peak Oil is a scenario that was predicted just a
few years ago and things are playing out just as was blogged. It is very
interesting reading. RObin Young 286YM.
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