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Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2009, 08:59

Yves, nobody can ever say your priorities are mixed up.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2009, 13:59

Username Protected wrote:

Hey Darius, welcome on BT! Great to see another European here !

How much is avgas in Lithuania ? How come the girls are much prettier than the ones in my country ? How's your beer ? Do you live in Vilnius ?

:cheers:

Hi, Yves!

Avgas prices here are very volatile and dramatically different from airport to airport. Flying to Vilnius International is never recommended: there, Avgas is 2-2,60 EUR/litre (11,20-14,40$/gallon), and also due to fees and bureaucracy. The cheapest Avgas that I know of costs 1,45 EUR/litre (8$/gallon) and is available in small GA airports/airfields, however, in some only if agreed in advance. The most popular GA airport for guests to come is this: http://www.aleksotasair.page.tl/Main-information.htm . :pilot:

. If you find yourself over Lithuania, it is nice to know that regardless of where you are, there is an airfield within some 50 km (30 mile)-radius (usually not much traffic, except around Vilnius).

Yeah, the girls are pretty, maybe natural selection :clap:

. So are they in the nearby Poland where I am a frequent visitor. For beer, I prefer German style naturally cloudy that, in Lithuania, is of limited availability. Otherwise, I'm a wine lover.

I don't live in Vilnius but I come there frequently. Hey, I've been in Brussels several times and that place, for me, has a cosy ambience, very similar to Vilnius. I was in the aviation museum there, too (one of the three visitors at that moment). The one thing that struck me about many war birds was that there was so little space for the pilot in relation to the plane size.

Darius

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2009, 14:16

Hi Darius-
OK--$8 per gallon for avgas, compared to about $4 per gallon these days,
how about car gas--or mogas as we call it? Here its around $2.50
and legal with an STC in aircraft. My 1956 Bonanza uses it--around 80
octane like it was back when the Bo first came out in the 1950's. :thumbup:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 02 Sep 2009, 12:10

Username Protected wrote:

Hi Darius-
OK--$8 per gallon for avgas, compared to about $4 per gallon these days,
how about car gas--or mogas as we call it? Here its around $2.50
and legal with an STC in aircraft. My 1956 Bonanza uses it--around 80
octane like it was back when the Bo first came out in the 1950's. :thumbup:

Hi, Pat

Here, mogas is about $5,90 per gallon. It is good for Rotax 912 which is used in most LSAs and homebuilts (popular here, as I said). In some certified, too, sometimes mixed with Avgas. Besides, some non-profit airclubs (conforming to certain criteria) get Avgas excise duty free and the price is then close to mogas but, oficially, they do not have right to re-sell it.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 Sep 2009, 18:04

Username Protected wrote:

Hello, everyone,

I'm a 30-year old Lithuanian....
I did not notice any members from Lithuania yet (although Jurskis and Dagys are completely Lithuanian last names and I'm gonna come back to them on their origin), so I decided to put some facts to the board on the Lithuanian GA.

Labas!
As Spike said I too am of lithuanian descent. My father was born in Kaunus in 1940, and made it here, by way of 6 years in German DP camp, in 1951. Interstingly he speaks english better than I do.
He is also a pilot and flys a 1949 A35 Bonanza N8700A . My aunt has moved back to Kaunus about 10 years ago, and I have had the good fortune to visit her in 2002. Such a beautiful country to call home.... and the ladies are hotter than Swedes, and nicer to boot.
Welcome to Beech Talk! Glad to have you. Please buy a Bonanza, and my father and I will have an excellent excuse to come visit. (Perhaps you should buy a US airplane, and we can deliver it to you... also my dad is working on his CFI and could instruct you in your native tounge).
Have you beent to the Aviation museum outside of Kaunus? Awesome!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 03 Sep 2009, 19:17

Interesting Texan you are Chester

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Sep 2009, 12:55

Hi All

Peter Mundy, based at Lelystad ( EHLE ) - not yet a Beech pilot but hopefully about to buy a Sundowner

Peter

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Sep 2009, 13:48

Welcome Peter,

Good luck on the Sundowner, I've owned one for almost 10 years now and I love it. Of course with that being said, due to my kids growing up, I'm soon going to be upgrading to an A36.

If you purchase a Sundowner be sure to check out the type club for them, the Beech Aero Club, www.beechaeroclub.org

It is the repository for all information Sundowner, Sierra, Musketeer, Duchess, Sport, or Skipper.

If I can be of any help, please ask.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2009, 16:37

Hi All....

New to this forum, I frequent POA, PB and AOPA forums often. Currently flying a 'P' type aircraft (Archer II) in a non-equity partnership, a club for simplicity sake. My lovely Bride and I are ready to jump in the ownership bottomless pool and my first choice has always been a Sundowner. Love the two doors, solid build and extra cabin space.

I hope to be flying a Sundowner in the near future, for now the hunt continues! I have made contact with Steve on his gorgeous 77 that is listed on BAC. If anyone has a clean 77-80 C23 with a nice avionics package, I'm looking!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 09 Sep 2009, 22:21

Username Protected wrote:

I have made contact with Steve on his gorgeous 77 that is listed on BAC.

Welcome Gary, it's listed here also :whistle:

Thanks for calling me about it. I will keep you posted if, for some reason, the deal falls through.

Good luck and again, welcome, these are a great group of guys/gals.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 18 Sep 2009, 13:43

Username Protected wrote:

Hi David (and to the rest of you boys!),
I haven't yet introduced myself to this board (it's coming), however noticed you flew Widgeons. Still at it or is that from a past life? I thoroughly enjoy flying my Debonair but the old Widgeon...nearest and dearest to my heart!
Cheers,
Michael

I never would have thought I would get to fly a Widgeon, but a guy invited me to a lunch flight this week and what did he pull out of his hangar?...a Widgeon! Awesome airplane!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 18 Sep 2009, 23:48

Hi, my name is Steve and I am a planeaholic . . .

Well I've alluded to it a couple of times, but I didn't want to jinx myself or queer the deal so I've been silent . . . until now.

Thanks to a slight prodding by Max on the first introduction of myself and my Sundowner, I decided to start seriously looking for an A36. I enlisted the help of Paul McCracken and he worked tirelessly searching all of his contacts to find the perfect plane that fit within my budget.

Drum roll please:

And here she is; a 1979 A36 with a low time BDS IO-550 and BDS baffles, BDS tip tanks, thick BDS windshield, extended baggage area, a freshly rebuilt HSI, a completely rebuilt Century III with alt hold, GS capture, and electric trim, dual KX 155's, a KLN 94 IFR GPS coupled to the AP and an MX20 MFD, dual vacuum pumps, zinc chromated airframe, and 28v electric.

I just closed on it today and it will be ferried to Paul McCracken's shop for an annual inspection as soon as the weather in the Dallas area allows it. (Hopefully tomorrow)

For the record: I have 320 hours with no complex or high performance time. I was able to secure insurance through ABS's sponsor Falcon Insurance for less than $5k (which I thought was reasonable with all things considered), I will need 15 hours of dual and 10 hours solo before I can carry passengers (again I feel this is very reasonable).

Thank you Max for giving me the kick in the butt that I needed to purchase the airplane that I've always wanted.

Thank you Paul for being patient with me and finding an airplane for me that met 95% of my wants and needs.

:cheers:

I will post more pictures after it comes out of annual and I get her to St Louis where I can clean her up a little bit.

I suppose now I will have to change my avatar and my signature. :rock: