X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.65] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.2) with ESMTP id 1548248 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 09 Nov 2006 10:38:20 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.65; envelope-from=rusty@radrotary.com Received: from ibm57aec.bellsouth.net ([65.6.194.9]) by imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20061109153750.OGKE7183.imf17aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm57aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:37:50 -0500 Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by ibm57aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20061109153749.UBHQ3470.ibm57aec.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:37:49 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] fuel cost was Re: P Porting template? Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:37:49 -0600 Message-ID: <000401c70415$034ef900$6e01a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C703E2.B8B48900" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C703E2.B8B48900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey, all looking forward to your first flight in the 8, Rusty. =20 =20 Thanks Ed. Hopefully, you won't see it on the TV news :-) =20 Fortunately on my trip to Louisiana and back I managed to find 100LL = for $3.25, but saw it as high as $4.60. Could be 75 cent /gallon different = from two different vendors on the same airfield. Certainly making me = consider going back to Mogas since its down to $2.08/gallon around here.=20 =20 Our airport is $4.20 now, but there are reports of fuel as low as $2.99 = at smaller airports not too far away. We have a theory that FBO's with = their own flight school aircraft tend to keep the price higher, since they = have a captive audience to sell to. That lets them maintain their markup on = the last batch of fuel they purchased. When I get clear of my phase one = test area, I'll be looking for those cheap airports, though I might also use = some auto fuel as well. =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (running out of items on my before inspection checklist) ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C703E2.B8B48900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Hey, all looking forward to your first flight in = the 8,=20 Rusty.   
 
Thanks=20 Ed.  Hopefully, you won't see it on the TV news=20 :-)
 
 Fortunately on my trip to = Louisiana and=20 back I managed to find 100LL for $3.25, but saw it as high as = $4.60.  Could=20 be 75 cent /gallon different from two different vendors on the same=20 airfield.  Certainly making me consider going back to Mogas since = its down=20 to $2.08/gallon around here. 
 
Our=20 airport is $4.20 now, but there are reports of fuel as low as $2.99 at = smaller=20 airports not too far away.  We have a theory that FBO's with their = own=20 flight school aircraft tend to keep the price higher, since they have a = captive=20 audience to sell to.  That lets them maintain their markup on the = last=20 batch of fuel they purchased.  When I get clear of my phase = one test=20 area, I'll be looking for those cheap airports, though I might also=20 use some auto fuel as well. 
 
Cheers,
Rusty=20 (running out of items on my before inspection=20 checklist)
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