On Apr 1, 7:24*pm, Longworth wrote:
On Apr 1, 12:06*pm, wrote:

getting her B.S. degree, I simply cannot afford to fly anymore. *I am
going inactive as a pilot until my financial situation is good enough
that I can justify it. *I doubt I will be able to fly again sooner

* Dean,
* * *Avgas at our homebase went up to $5.30/gal last week. *We were
glad to get our commercial training done last month when we paid just
over $4/gal. * I tallied up our logbook and found that we flew 56 hrs
last month. *I have not reviewed my credit card bill to assess the
damage. *It is surely getting more and more expensive to fly.
* * *I am sorry to hear that you are going inactive. *Robert had
suggested CAP as one way to stay active. *Another way is to volunteer
as safety pilot. There ought to be few IFR pilots at your homebase who
need to stay current.
* * Good luck.

Hai Longworth

I think my best bet is to go up occasionally with my friend in his
Kiftfox 7A. It runs on autogas and burns 5gph. I can afford to split
that with him, and at least I can get some non-PIC time...

Dean