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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:cE5ae.8683$NU4.4645@attbi_s22... Yes, but are you willing to admit that makes YOU a dunderhead? That is, will you agree with the French who express their disbelief that people so dunderheaded ever spawned men like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams? Sadly, I suppose, I must indeed share the blame for having done NOTHING to fix our incredibly broken legal system. That's not really what I asked. Probably the closest to a "yes" I'm going to get, I suppose. Which is, in and of itself, an answer to my question. And just the one I expected. Pete |
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Martin Hotze wrote: the good thing is that I drive a car needing about 6 liters per 100 kilometers (the other car is a diesel needing about 4 to 5 liters per 100 kilometers). So I do care driving a fuelefficient car, because it saves me money. Somebody run the numbers. What is that in miles per gallon? Just wanted to compare that to my F250 Diesel. |
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- The FAA, from the Federal Airport Improvement Program, will pay 90% of the costs for airport improvement (runway widening or extension or resurfacing, taxiways, aprons, and so forth). The FAA pays 95% now. |
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Jay Honeck wrote: We live in a city of 65,000, in a metropolitan area of over 120,000. Ahem...120,000 is not now and never will be a "metro area". |
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Newps wrote:
Somebody run the numbers. What is that in miles per gallon? Just wanted to compare that to my F250 Diesel. 1 US gallon equals 3.785 liters (approximately) 1 statute mile equals 1.6 kilometers (approximately) I think I can leave the rest to you as an exercise. Stefan |
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Jim wrote:
European countries tend to tax consumption higher, the US doesn't. One reason avgas is kept expensive is because autogas is very expensive to encourage public transit and excellent high speed rail service. If avgas would be priced lower then autogas, there would be an incentive to burn avgas on the road (which wouldn't do cat converter much good.) How prevalent is the use of a cat in Europe these days? Ten years ago, nearly all the gas was still leaded and catalytic converters were nearly unknown. I'm aware that they've gone to mainly unleaded fuel, but do most European cars now have the converters as well? George Patterson There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the mashed potatoes. |
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Morgans wrote:
I wonder how many others feel the same way. Not I. My tablesaw and a few of my other tools were made in China. I read one review that stated they found the table surface on the Chinese brand of saw to be flatter than any other brand (including Delta). When the Chinese feel it's important to do so, they produce an excellent quality product. George Patterson There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the mashed potatoes. |
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Morgans wrote:
How many years will it be until China's quality comes up, like Japan finally did? About -15. The question is, how long will it take for Americans to aquire enough information about Chinese manufacturers to make informed decisions about their products? The Chinese don't seem to have made any effort to brand their products. George Patterson There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the mashed potatoes. |
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George Patterson wrote:
How prevalent is the use of a cat in Europe these days? It's been mandatory for I think more than 10 years now. (Can't tell you the exact year by heart.) For new cars, that is. Stefan |
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Dylan Smith wrote:
In article , Chris wrote: IFR is not a big issue in Europe for the private pilot. So expensive IFR systems like WAAS and GPS enabled approaches are irrelevant. Its interesting that the much hailed Cirrus cannot fly IFR in much of European airspace and in the UK its just a VFR machine. That's due to assinine regulations put out by our "beloved" CAA. That's why Cirrus airplanes in Britain are all on the N-register. Indeed, if I was interested in buying an IFR plane, regardless of what it was (even if it was a Diamond) I'd have it on the N register to avoid the stupid, pointless CAA regulations that *decrease* safety, not increase it. And now you can throw insurance into the mix along with avgas prices: "$5 MILLION COVERAGE TO FLY A 182 IN EUROPE? Thinking of flying your N-registered aircraft in Europe? Better make sure you can afford it. The European Union is imposing new liability insurance requirements for general aviation aircraft starting April 30. If you were flying a Cessna 182 with four people on board, you'd need almost $5 million in insurance coverage--assuming you could find the coverage and afford it. "It's almost impossible for light aircraft operators to get more than $1 million in liability insurance from U.S. underwriters," said Luis Gutierrez, AOPA director of regulatory and certification policy. AOPA is currently working with several insurance companies to determine if it is feasible to provide temporary liability insurance for members desiring to fly to Europe for a one-time trip or longer-term insurance to cover those on an extended stay. For more information, see AOPA's regulatory brief." |
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