I hate to join the rest of the world and continue to complain about gas prices, but since we don't fly gliders I feel I must. AOPA did an article recently about keeping your fuel burn low when operating an airplane, and if we can all adopt some of these habits it will make Airlake Flight Training's prices less volatile!
As a reminder, flight schools base their hourly rate on an average fuel burn for the aircraft. If your attitude is one of, "I rent the airplane wet, I can burn as much fuel as I want!", our margin shrinks and the prices you pay are more likely to rise. The N-models burn 6.5 gallons per hour when leaned out in cruise. Full rich they burn around 9.5. Those 3 extra gallons per hour cost us $15 dollars that are not figured into our rate. Ouch...
We track fuel consumption on a monthly basis and our airplanes actually do quite well. I only offer this post as a reminder that we're all in this together. We appreciate every flight by every customer!
Check out the article here...
Barry
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thanks barry
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