Saturday in Ohio ,
Weather was not great. Very windy and a low ceiling that morning. It was
really supposed to have gotten worse as the day went on. Turned out it
actually cleared up that afternoon but was still pretty windy. Had two Cubs
flying , a Pitts, one glider, and me in the Champ. Not as busy as usual but
busy considering the winds.
Rates went up a few bucks an hour for rental (fuel prices), but still a
great deal.And still a month long wait if you cancel a flight! Maybe where
the cost of flying is reasonable , people fly? Just a grass field with more
traffic than I see at most Municipal Airports.

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:3focf.315149$084.6932@attbi_s22...

Mary and I have noticed a substantial (and depressing) drop off in

personal

flying of late. Often we are the only plane in the pattern, nowadays.

Worse, we've notice far fewer people talking to ATC -- which indicates

that

this may not be a local phenomenon. On Sunday, for example, we flew 90
minutes over to Rantoul, IL, and back, and heard maybe three other
planes,
the whole way, outside of "working" aircraft. (And one of them was Jim
Burns, who was with us!)

We *do* tend to fly at "off" times (Sunday afternoons; Wednesdays and
Thursdays, mostly) -- but the change we're noticing has been pretty

dramatic

since gas prices spiked. There just doesn't seem to be nearly as many
people flying.

Anyone else noticing this?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"