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Old April 23rd 05, 06:21 PM
Chris
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Decimated since when? Post a reference statistic and time as a
starting
point.

Well, let's start with the fact that France's efforts at flight
pre-date
our own. Is 1903-ish far enough back for you?

What taxes particularly are you referring to?

Avgas taxes. The price of avgas in France (as the subject of this

thread
states) has now exceeded $7.50 per gallon, solely as a result of their
very aggressive tax policies.

Where does France get its processed petroleum products and what
factors
make the cost of avgas what it is?

I presume that they get their petroleum from the same worldwide supply

as
the U.S. -- yet our avgas is "only" $3.30-ish per gallon.

You just pulled thos whole argument out of your ass, dear, and while
it
might make an interesting thesis for a classroom debate, you should

quit
defending it unless you have a lot of facts to back up your
assertions.

As opposed to your well-thought out, carefully crafted

counter-arguments?

;-)

The facts are clear. It is your unwillingness to accept them that is
puzzling. Why -- especially in an aviation forum -- are you (and
Larry,
Martin, and a couple of other folks) defending a foreign tax system
that
more than DOUBLES the price of aviation? This makes no sense to me.

And why are people required to choose aviation as a pursuit based on

the
population of their country?

They're not. But based on the population of France, there should be

many
times more pilots -- ESPECIALLY given their proud heritage of flight.

I'm still waiting for an answer: If it's NOT the outrageous cost of

avgas
that has nearly killed general aviation in France, what is it? Why,
in
the land of Bleriot and Saint-Exupery, are there so (relatively) few
men
and women feeling the call to the skies, if NOT for price

considerations?

The French are more culturally mature and have perhaps outgrown such
childish pursuits.


You forgot the :-). It was a joke wasn't it?

Does everything need to be spelt out is such detail. Of course it was a joke
:-(