Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #17794
From: David Staten <Dastaten@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Mogas and cheap avgas locations ...
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:11:17 -0600
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Maybe I am expecting too much, but I make the assumption that if the prices aren't actually listed on Airnav, then they aren't isnterested in selling it, or dont have it to begin with. I'm not to the flying part yet with regards to Mogas, so I don't have the pressing urge to further my research yet.
 
On a side note, maybe I'm just spoiled, but I've noticed that much of my flying tends to end up in fairly large airports that have an attended desk, crew car or rentals available on site (without reservations), a paved road leading to the airport (smirk) and usually end up as a result being close to an approach control or tower. Over 25% of my 400 hours is at night, and most of the places I fly to after dark tend to be major places (i.e. guaranteed to be open and full service at that hour).
 
Don't get me wrong.. I plan to start burning lots of Mogas in the near future, I am just not sure how much of it I will be buying on my typical cross country legs... I would be interested in seeing the updated list.. particularly if you check out things in the SE US... not just SC.. but on the way to FL to visit Tracy as well :P. If Destin FL sold mogas, everything would be primo.. because I like to stop there for lunch anyways.
 
Dave

Jim Sower wrote:
Interesting.  I searched for anything within 200 nm of Nashville.  I got about 20 hits.  Two were unpaved - one 2000', one 2200').  Of the rest (paved), only two were under 3500'.  I am conducting my own survey, and after I've called them all, I'll update you on prices and whether or not they actually do have Mogas.  I have flight planning software, so I sorted the list I got by state and keyed in all the IDs and came up with a route to all of them.  My software (FliteSoft '98 version) has a feature that I can right click on any waypoint and all the info on it is displayed.  So it only takes me minutes to figure out state by state where I want to stop along my route.  I could figure out waypoints every 120 nm or so and search for Mogas within 100 nm from them and have a 200 nm wide corridor with all Mogas sites displayed.  A few phone calls confirm availability and hours of operation.  If you're one-legging it from HOU to SC I guarantee you're overflying over a dozen Mogas sites.
Seems simple and reliable enough to me ... Jim S.


David Staten wrote:
I want to contribute my 2 cents to this thread...
  
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