How do you put a price on the fun you had. Isn't that what it is all about?
Socialism will eventually run out of other peoples money. --- On Fri, 9/3/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ercoupe-flyin] I'll bet many of you can remember the $10 hamburge r To: [email protected] Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 5:18 PM Larry, I am not trying to be a spoil sport. but. One might want to add on at least another 30 minutes on to the flight for runup, taxi, gaining altitude then upon arrival, slow down, flying the pattern, landing and taxing. Might be even longer when considering both ends of the trip. Lee ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Larry Snyder <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ercoupe-flyin] I'll bet many of you can remember the $10 hamburger Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:00:15 -0500 Now, wait, I get 4.5 to 5 GPH, so let's assume 5. At $5 a gallon, that's $25 per hour. That means I can go 2 hours each way and still be at $100. I do a lot of hamburger trips that range from 1 hour to just under 2, and I think it's still an honest $100 hamburger... Example: KUUV to KMKC is about 170 miles. At 90 knots that's under 2 hours, and since I'm just going for lunch the winds average outr�Borrow a crew car, go to Arthur Bryant's BBQ for lunch, return crew card, fly home. That was a $100 BBQ Beef sandwich with fries! Larry N99340 On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Caliendo Dan wrote: Column: Tab for $100 hamburger gets pricier The $100 hamburger may be a nickname of the past due to fuel price increases, according to columnist William Egart. "The '$100.00 Hamburger' now may be just a symbol of a relatively simpler time in General Aviation, an era that might be gone forever," writes Egart. With fuel at $4.80 a gallon, Egart calculates a round-trip flight in Georgia at $200, not including the price of the burger. The Examiner (8/29) <sm_share.gif><shim.gif><linkedin.gif><shim.gif><facebook.gif><shim.gif><twitter.gif><shim.gif><btn_email_story_gray1.gif> ____________________________________________________________ SHOCKING: 2010 Honda Civic for $1,734.09 SHOCKING Report: Brand New Products for up to 95% off? We discover the TRUTH... ctips.net
