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Where in Florida?
Winterhaven BOW.
Where in Florida?
Yeah, I'm with you on that one. My home base is $5.40 (that's with a $0.10/gal dicount). Norfolk is $6.44. Then Wakefied sits at $3.37. That's all In a 15 mile radius. I understand how the system works but it still makes me wonder.
Wakefied sits at $3.37.
Thanks for the Wakefield tip. I just added KAKQ to one of my "library routes."
We closed on a 1960 G18S last week. I'll probably go down to FL to pick it up early January.
We closed on a 1960 G18S last week. I'll probably go down to FL to pick it up early January.
I love tailwheels and radial engines and have always had a fondness for the Twin Beech. I'd love to own a DC-3, but that's just not a practical family airplane. Actually had considered a Beech 18 back when I was originally shopping for a twin, but wasn't comfortable with the operating cost at the time.
We love the Baron, but I had been thinking about upgrading to a cabin twin (340 or 414) for a little while. My wife prefers shorter trips and the one thing I don't like about the Baron is the single over the wing door on the pax side - I had thought that the extra speed and pressurization may be a selling point to get my wife to want to do longer trips, but we did a family trip this year out to AZ in the Baron and I came to the realization that even a pressurized twin wouldn't make my wife want to fly those really long trips much more and I just don't see us being able to afford a turbine.
So for us, the Twin Beech makes sense. For our typical trips, the slower speed only adds about 15-20 minutes, but a WHOLE new dimension in comfort and style and a lot of fun. You can literally stand upright in the cabin. Get up, walk around, stretch legs, kids can swap seats in flight and there is a potty in back.
Shoot me a PM if you want to go up and do any safety pilot stuff in it when it gets here. It will probably be at ORF until I can find big enough hangar space at CPK.
Still gettin ass-raped at my home drome: $5.09
Hell that doesn't sound too bad to me. Of course my home is 4.50 so not that far off of y'all.
When I see other parts of the country in the $3 range, it hurts.
That's about a half hour away from here in the Bo. If you can let me know when you will be there, Leslie and I would be thrilled to come meet you and check out your new ride.Winterhaven BOW.
Airnav or Foreflight. Lately, in my experience, Foreflight has been better.5.35 at the home base. $3.99 about 15 minutes away. 4.05 about 5 minutes away.
http://www.iflightplanner.com/AviationCharts/ has added FBo fuel prices to their layers, but don't have all the airports around me. The 'other' site has most of them, but not all.
Garmin Pilot has a good list.
Where else do you guys get the fuel prices from? Other than picking up a phone and talking to a human. That's so 2003.
Airnav or Foreflight. Lately, in my experience, Foreflight has been better.
100LL is all over the map......seemingly everywhere......for any who are interested Skyvector has an overlay of gas prices you can use.
https://skyvector.com/ go up along the top to "layers" and you will see the overlay for it...........
http://www.iflightplanner.com/AviationCharts/ has added FBo fuel prices to their layers, but don't have all the airports around me...
Don't know about Avgas, but it sure is nice filling up the old 182 with <$2.00/gal unleaded.
The alcohol-y stuff is going for as low as $1.60 around here. Unfortunately, no ethanol free pumps in a high population county.brian];1975896 said:Hey - I haven't seen UL under $2 yet. $2.10 this weekend. Went flying at 140KTS for an hour - cost $21.00 in gas..
Where's that big smily icon:
KFIN was right at $3.00 yesterday. Love to see it stay this low but I know better