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Post subject: Re: The definitive Piaggio P180 Avanti thread. Posted: 13 Jun 2021, 21:41 |
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Username Protected wrote: You are flying to one of the most exclusive airports in the world in one of the most exclusive airplanes in the world… and what you are concerned with is the price of fuel for half a tank? Seriously?.. step away from the plane…
That is pretty funny.
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Post subject: Re: The definitive Piaggio P180 Avanti thread. Posted: 13 Jun 2021, 23:54 |
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Username Protected wrote: You are flying to one of the most exclusive airports in the world in one of the most exclusive airplanes in the world… and what you are concerned with is the price of fuel for half a tank? Seriously?.. step away from the plane… You are mostly correct. Thank you for the reminder. In my business pennies matter. Although I am at the point of not having to watch the pennies or dollars as much anymore it is hard to turn off at times. In my meager defense in 1991 10% luxury tax on yachts was passed by congress. What happened? Yacht industry crashed. The wealthy thumbed their noses, flew to Cannes to party and mostly bought used yachts until dumb tax was repealed. Tony, I have CAA, AVFuel, Worldfuel, Titan TEX takes none of them and would not discount 200+ gallon purchase Slight premium ok.....fleecing, not ok
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Post subject: Re: The definitive Piaggio P180 Avanti thread. Posted: 14 Jun 2021, 00:21 |
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Joined: 09/23/18 Posts: 130 Post Likes: +30
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Username Protected wrote: You are flying to one of the most exclusive airports in the world in one of the most exclusive airplanes in the world… and what you are concerned with is the price of fuel for half a tank? Seriously?.. step away from the plane… You are mostly correct. Thank you for the reminder. In my business pennies matter. Although I am at the point of not having to watch the pennies or dollars as much anymore it is hard to turn off at times. In my meager defense in 1991 10% luxury tax on yachts was passed by congress. What happened? Yacht industry crashed. The wealthy thumbed their noses, flew to Cannes to party and mostly bought used yachts until dumb tax was repealed. Tony, I have CAA, AVFuel, Worldfuel, Titan TEX takes none of them and would not discount 200+ gallon purchase Slight premium ok.....fleecing, not ok
the differential in fuel price will be the cheapest part of your trip… you are in a Piaggio…
Fuel is usually about 1/3 of overall cost (just for the aircraft.. not lodging etc…)… so if you pay 30% more on total fuel cost for your trip, then you are paying 30% more on 1/3, which is about a 10% overall increase in the trip… it’s one trip… nothing burger… or go make an extra stop.. will the extra time and extra climb be worth it? Maybe…
Have fun, great plane
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Post subject: Re: The definitive Piaggio P180 Avanti thread. Posted: 14 Jun 2021, 12:15 |
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Username Protected wrote: I fly into KTEX a lot. Never buy fuel, too expensive. Kenny knows this. I either go to Nucla and fuel and fly home or I stop on the way.
No way I'm buying fuel for 7 plus bucks when it can be had for less than 3.20 within 500 miles.
Supporting high fuel prices is idiocy. if everyone thought like me and Brad, there would be no high fuel prices.........think about that for a few.... Nucla is a great airport, and deeply underrated. Spent two nights crashing in the FBO while snowed in trying to fly a tri-pacer from Wyoming to Alabama in January. Not my brightest moment. Friendly folk and fair prices. -J
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Post subject: Re: The definitive Piaggio P180 Avanti thread. Posted: 14 Jun 2021, 13:49 |
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Username Protected wrote: Nucla is a great airport dusk or dawn, watch for deer on the runway!
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Post subject: Re: The definitive Piaggio P180 Avanti thread. Posted: 14 Jun 2021, 19:25 |
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Username Protected wrote: Nucla is a great airport dusk or dawn, watch for deer on the runway!
Anytime it seems. Mule deer too. Eric B lives that aways.......it's a nice airport.
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Post subject: Re: The definitive Piaggio P180 Avanti thread. Posted: 15 Jun 2021, 15:22 |
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Username Protected wrote: I've wanted to land at T-Ride every since coming commercial via Montrose here in 2016. Viewing that runway from the slopes gave me an itch I finally scratched today. Hey! That Ford Expedition looks awful familiar...!
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