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Old August 16th 06, 10:19 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default $640.00 to fill the tanks...


".Blueskies." wrote in message
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"george" wrote in message
ps.com...
:
: Jay Honeck wrote:
: Tony Snow, "technical advisor" for our aviation video webpage (Tony is
: retired RAF, and has forgotten more about aviation than I'll ever
: know), confirmed for me today that it would cost $640+ for me to top
: off Atlas -- our Cherokee Pathfinder -- in Great Britain.
:
: Imagine! $640 to go fly! This *might* explain why there are only 9
: registered Cherokee 235s in all of Britain, no?
:
: Not to worry, however. Tony has confirmed that the streets in his
: hometown *are* paved with gold, and that everyone eats steak daily,
for
: free, thanks to the taxes those remaining 9 pilots are paying...
:
: Petrol here is $7.92 (NZ) per gallon.
: AFAIK we don't have any Pathfinders :-)
:

Are those Imperial gallons or are they US gallons?



Yeah, and how much is that in real money?