JetA1-burning diesel engines have always been touted as niche market because the US has cheaper AVGAS costs. Perhaps now is time to think again?
You’re right about mogas. Many common GA types I believe can operate on standard unleaded fuel without restriction or modification. Here we dismiss it immediately out of hand. The economics may make people sit up and think twice.
Dollar is nearer 1.9. If there was a domestic exchange rate based on earnings, the rate would be one to one. Frequently we pay for Amercian goods on that rate, i.e. what is one dollar in the US is one quid here.
So say with a $4/gall we roughly have that £4/gall too. Our gallons are bigger than yours though :p
Good report bmused..!
I had my trial flight about a year ago at LBA. This was the a/c I went in.
Wot a nice lookin’ wobin 😉 Everyone should train on them 😀
Can anyone stop the Chinese and Americans using all the fossil fuel? 😡 Need to move to the land of the free where fuel is free-er!
Yup, not green as in environmentally just green as in jealous. 😀
26-Mar Kemble 0.936 ex VAT (1.10 inc VAT)
17-Apr Leicester 0.936 ex VAT (1.10 inc VAT)
Would be good to state both ex and inc VAT as above
Very nice looking machine. I had a good gawp at TURN when dropping off the BlueRobin for a 50hr check at Akki, Turweston during my PPL. Stroll on 18 months later and it’s languishing down the back of beyond (same airfield) next the joiner’s shed clearly pranged, covered in dust and guano languishing next to an even sadder looking Miles Messie (ex-HP).
Was G-TURN ever restored following its prang a few years back?
I have to agree. On a facility-cost basis, it competes well with our three other local airfields (Sywell, Wellesbourne and Turweston).
I parked two a/c from Trapper’s Skybolt at Leicester on Sunday. Are you based there?
That’s the same site I found HP’s then future ’22 on 🙂 Cubs are totally over-rated hence the price. Better to import from the US in some cases.
They’ll be training in DA42s soon.
But he met the future Mrs Moggy so it all turned out well in the end 🙂
28 yrs old too much? I got point blank refusal for the Fuglies being 3 months the 25 age limit.
AFAICS no one has yet mentioned the risk of landing downwind after a turnback.
Fuji 6900. Got some good sunset stuff myself. No good for fast action. Has trouble keeping up with a Boxkite! 😀