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Old March 14th 08, 12:29 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Now that jet ownership is so inexpensive...

From the article "Owning a Private Jet is Cheap" at
http://ezinearticles.com/?Owning-a-P...eap&id=1007987 :


"Owning your own jet may not be as unrealistic as you may have thought.
There are now thousands of business executives, athletes, and celebrities
flying their own personal jets every day. The idea of having this personal
mode of transportation is no longer for just the billionaires and world
leaders.

.....A small jet that could carry 4-8 passengers would usually cost between
$3 to $4 million dollars about a decade ago, but now it could be yours for
roughly $1 million."


DUDE! I had no idea that for a measily million dollars I wouldn't have to
stand in line at the airport! I wonder how much I could get for my jeep,
my boat, my house, my retirement, my kidney... ...no, I probably need that
to pass the physical to fly the jet... What has the entire American
middle class and the other 98% of the world been THINKING, man? Jets are
CHEAP!

"Next time you are on a crowded plane and looking down at your small cup of
soda and the ridiculously small portion of old pretzels, just remember you
could be flying in style in your own relatively affordable jet."


Here's an even more reasonable idea: Buy half a million dollars of pretzels
and soda and use the other half million for air travel. That way, you'll
always have pretzels and soda.

-c





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Old March 14th 08, 01:41 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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On Mar 13, 8:29*pm, "gatt" wrote:
....A small jet that could carry 4-8 passengers would usually cost between
$3 to $4 million dollars about a decade ago, but now it could be yours for
roughly $1 million."


I looked up the latest number of millionaires in the US and found
9.2 millions of them. There are 1.16 millions household with networth
more than $5 million

http://tinyurl.com/2g6yge

For these households, a jet costing only one million is quite
affordable. Besides most likely many of them are business owners and
can easily write off most of the cost to business operating expenses.
Just ask Jay how it is done ;-)

One of my former flight instructors who was a retired college
professor but had nice consulting business bought a spanking new
Bonanza with all the gizmos for 0.64 millions two years ago. It was
before Bonanza lower the price to half a million or so.

I may be one of them jet owners someday when I finally break down
and spend a buck on a lottery ticket. Hey, you never know ;-)

Hai Longworth
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Old March 14th 08, 09:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Now that jet ownership is so inexpensive...

On Mar 13, 5:29 pm, "gatt" wrote:
From the article "Owning a Private Jet is Cheap" athttp://ezinearticles.com/?Owning-a-Private-Jet-is-Cheap&id=1007987:

"Owning your own jet may not be as unrealistic as you may have thought.
There are now thousands of business executives, athletes, and celebrities
flying their own personal jets every day. The idea of having this personal
mode of transportation is no longer for just the billionaires and world
leaders.


The last thing anyone needs is everybody buying their own plane.
Where I live, the skies are 100% booked each weekend with private
planes flying above me. There is already no room and too much noise
from those already up there!
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Old March 14th 08, 10:09 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Now that jet ownership is so inexpensive...

wrote in message
...

The last thing anyone needs is everybody buying their own plane.
Where I live, the skies are 100% booked each weekend with private
planes flying above me. There is already no room and too much noise
from those already up there!


I wanna move there!!!!


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Old March 14th 08, 11:34 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Now that jet ownership is so inexpensive...

In article ,
"Steve Foley" wrote:

wrote in message
...

The last thing anyone needs is everybody buying their own plane.
Where I live, the skies are 100% booked each weekend with private
planes flying above me. There is already no room and too much noise
from those already up there!


I wanna move there!!!!


Sounds pretty good to me, too.
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Old April 16th 08, 05:50 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Jay Honeck[_2_]
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Default Now that jet ownership is so inexpensive...

The last thing anyone needs is everybody buying their own plane.
Where I live, the skies are 100% booked each weekend with private
planes flying above me. There is already no room and too much noise
from those already up there!


That's the sound of freedom and prosperity.


Where in hell does this guy live? GA flying is almost non-existent over
95% of America.

Must live under the approach end of a busy commercial airport...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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Old April 16th 08, 06:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Bertie the Bunyip[_25_]
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Default Now that jet ownership is so inexpensive...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:O7qNj.122862$yE1.57647@attbi_s21:

The last thing anyone needs is everybody buying their own plane.
Where I live, the skies are 100% booked each weekend with private
planes flying above me. There is already no room and too much noise
from those already up there!


That's the sound of freedom and prosperity.


Where in hell does this guy live? GA flying is almost non-existent
over 95% of America.


God you're an idiot.


Bertie
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Old April 17th 08, 12:01 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
B A R R Y
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:50:54 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:


Where in hell does this guy live? GA flying is almost non-existent over
95% of America.


I live in the 5%, here in Central CT.

At any given time on a nice day, I can see at least (3) single engine
aircraft in flight, and often one bizjet.

I live 15 miles from the nearest airport, but there are (5) paved and
one grass strip inside of 25 miles, and a total of (8) within 35.

My house is on the north end of a practice area used by many schools.
I can watch stalls and steep turns from my deck.
 




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