Flying is so much nicer with avgas under $3 (USD)

[Ron Lee]

Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.

Ron Lee

[Gene Seibel]

That's the truth. Got some for $2.79 at Kennett, MO the other day.
--
Gene Seibel
Tales of Flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

Ron Lee wrote:
> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
>
> Ron Lee

[mike regish]

Still $4.19 at my home base.

mike

"Gene Seibel" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> That's the truth. Got some for $2.79 at Kennett, MO the other day.
> --
> Gene Seibel
> Tales of Flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
> Because I fly, I envy no one.
>
> Ron Lee wrote:
>> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
>> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
>> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
>>
>> Ron Lee
>

[Robert M. Gary]

Wow, we're happy to be paying only $5/gal self-serve at SAC now. Cheap
gas!!
-Robert


Ron Lee wrote:
> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
>
> Ron Lee

[Bob Noel]

In article >,
(Ron Lee) wrote:

> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
>
> Ron Lee

Apparently it's down to $3.55 for club members at HAFB. That's even
better than the $3.85 we were paying before the latest blow up of
prices.

btw - the only thing the fuel prices did was to incentize me not to
run at 75% power. After upgrading my 140 to 160hp, I was playing
with the "speed increase" but have gotten over that now.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

[Gene Seibel]

Still $4.38 at my home base, too. Haven't bought gas at home for
probably a year now. Most of my flying is cross country and I always
plan a fuel stop an hour or two out.
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because we fly, we envy no one.





mike regish wrote:
> Still $4.19 at my home base.
>
> mike
>
> "Gene Seibel" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > That's the truth. Got some for $2.79 at Kennett, MO the other day.
> > --
> > Gene Seibel
> > Tales of Flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
> > Because I fly, I envy no one.
> >
> > Ron Lee wrote:
> >> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
> >> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
> >> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
> >>
> >> Ron Lee
> >

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article >,
Bob Noel > wrote:

> In article >,
> (Ron Lee) wrote:
>
> > Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
> > they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
> > plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
> >
> > Ron Lee
>
> Apparently it's down to $3.55 for club members at HAFB. That's even
> better than the $3.85 we were paying before the latest blow up of
> prices.
>
> btw - the only thing the fuel prices did was to incentize me not to
> run at 75% power. After upgrading my 140 to 160hp, I was playing
> with the "speed increase" but have gotten over that now.

At Spruce Creek (7FL6) it is $3.30; at Ormond Beach (OMN) it is $2,86; I
have reverted to my mogas STC, so I am paying $2.20.

[[email protected]]

$2.99/gal in California. (Tehachapi)

On Nov 18, 5:14 pm, (Ron Lee) wrote:
> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
>
> Ron Lee

[Viperdoc[_3_]]

Paid over $6.00 a gallon a few weeks ago in Philadelphia. I was one of only
a few piston planes on the ramp, and most of the stuff there cost 10-20
times more than my plane.

King Air 200s were low end planes on that ramp.

[Jay Honeck]

> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.

It's interesting that the differential between avgas and mogas has
dropped from nearly $2 per gallon, to less than 75 cents per gallon.
Over time, it's averaged about $1.10 per gallon less, so either (a) the
price of car gas is being held artificially high, or (b) avgas is about
to go back up.

As an optimist, I'm voting for "a"...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[N2310D]

Still $3.85 at IYK Int'l


> wrote in message
oups.com...
> $2.99/gal in California. (Tehachapi)
>
> On Nov 18, 5:14 pm, (Ron Lee) wrote:
>> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
>> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
>> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
>>
>> Ron Lee
>

[Matt Barrow]

"Ron Lee" > wrote in message
...
> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
>
Interestingly, mogas is going up (up about $0.11 cents a gallon around here)
while avgas continues its decline. I suspect there's different market timing
factors.

[Matt Barrow]

"Ron Lee" > wrote in message
...
> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
>
> Ron Lee

$4.05 in MTJ and $5.00 for Jet-A now that the elite snobs are bring their
jets to go skiing.

Time to head for the eastern slope as the western slope is just too damn
expensive to operate from (not to mention adding 90 minutes to each round
trip).

[Matt Barrow]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> It's interesting that the differential between avgas and mogas has
> dropped from nearly $2 per gallon, to less than 75 cents per gallon.
> Over time, it's averaged about $1.10 per gallon less, so either (a) the
> price of car gas is being held artificially high, or (b) avgas is about
> to go back up.

Mogas is starting to creep back up. 'Why' is subject to speculation, but I'd
guess the new congress is going to (perceived?) stifle production in an
attempt to lower prices.

[Blanche]

$3.19 at FTG

(The eastern slope, for Matt)

[Kevin Clarke]

$4.20 in Fitchburg, Ma. KFIT

KC

Ron Lee wrote:
> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
>
> Ron Lee

[Newps]

Matt Barrow wrote:

>
>
> Mogas is starting to creep back up. 'Why' is subject to speculation, but I'd
> guess the new congress is going to (perceived?) stifle production in an
> attempt to lower prices.

Mogas went up briefly because the price of oil went up about two weeks
ago. It plummeted last week so you'll see gas start dropping again.

[Matt Barrow]

"Newps" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Matt Barrow wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Mogas is starting to creep back up. 'Why' is subject to speculation, but
>> I'd guess the new congress is going to (perceived?) stifle production in
>> an attempt to lower prices.
>
> Mogas went up briefly because the price of oil went up about two weeks
> ago. It plummeted last week so you'll see gas start dropping again.

We bottomed out and been flat since mid October, but in the past 5-10 days
or so it's (mogas) gone up 10-13 cents a gallon.

We're more attuned to the ski season that world oil prices, me thinks.

--
Matt
---------------------
Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO (MTJ)

[Matt Barrow]

"Blanche" > wrote in message
...
> $3.19 at FTG
>
> (The eastern slope, for Matt)


Hmmm... http://www.airnav.com/airport/KLMO

We've been in a small town for ten years, I don't think I could hack the big
city (okay...Denver) anymore! :~)


--
Matt
---------------------
Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO (MTJ)

[Blanche]

Matt Barrow > wrote:
>
>"Blanche" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> (The eastern slope, for Matt)

>Hmmm... http://www.airnav.com/airport/KLMO
>
>We've been in a small town for ten years, I don't think I could hack the big
>city (okay...Denver) anymore! :~)

Sorry, but Longmont's merely a northern 'burb of Denver.

(I don't live in Denver either, but another 'burb)

[Andrey Serbinenko]

Paid $3.94/gal at SLK yesterday. Weather sucked: 2000 overcast (forecast
promised 15000 or better): a trip to Adirondacks turned out to be much
less scenic than expected. The FBO was great, though: friendly people,
quick service, no landing fee. VOR reception can be intermittent in the
mountains (duh). A weird thing happened: I had a panel-mounted GPS used for
DME purposes, and once in the mountains it started losing sats like every
five to ten minutes, going into self-test mode every time. Very annoying.
I couldn't help remembering NW_pilot's glass cockpit story. This was
also a garmin box (don't remember which one), and it was rendered practically
useless. South of GFL everything went back to normal. Can't really explain it.

Andrey


Ron Lee > wrote:
> Airnav had FTG at $2.99 so I called to verify supply. Turns out that
> they dropped 100LL to $2.94 a gallon today. On the way back home the
> plane flew nicer, the air was smoother and all was right in my world.
>
> Ron Lee