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Offline Mike

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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2007, 10:32:42 PM »
 ::unbelieveable::

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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #16 on: December 13, 2007, 01:03:28 AM »
Hi Leia, nice to see you again  ::wave:: You pay 1.42 pounds per liter AvGas!? Wow, I think AvGas is cheaper than car-gas here and even that isn't that expensive, yet. Edit: Just checked and found a motorcycle forum where one asked about AvGas and one said it was about 9 DKK/L and not taxed!
Btw, 1.42 Pounds Sterling per liter makes 10.99 USD/us gallon according to XE.com and 3.785 Liters per US gallon (funny the US gallon is smaller than the imperial one, which is 4.54L)

We got some 95 octane RON on the Lancer for 8.61 DKK/L (6.43 USD/us gallon) but the day after it was back over 10.15 DKK/L (7.58 USD/us gallon) (there's a local price-war on fuel here in the area).

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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #17 on: December 13, 2007, 07:29:37 PM »
It was £1.33/litre until a few weeks ago when our gracious overlords who run the airfield decided us residents were going to pay the same rate as visitors.  (And don't get me started about their notion of charging landing fees for touch and goes...)

Cheapest I've seen avgas lately is £1.20/litre.

Thats why there's such a huge market of Brits trooping across the Atlantic to learn to fly in spite of having to go on bended knee to get a visa to do so.  (And spend a second fortune getting used to British weather again when they come home!)
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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #18 on: December 14, 2007, 05:04:03 AM »
Quote from: leiafee on December 13, 2007, 07:29:37 PM

Thats why there's such a huge market of Brits trooping across the Atlantic to learn to fly in spite of having to go on bended knee to get a visa to do so. 


I was going to "go off" about the state of UK aviation, but I have thought better of it, this being a "polite" forum an all  ::whistle:: I am sure some would not appreciate my thoughts on the matter..  ::whistle:: ::whistle:: I'll go back to my "martoonis", which are helping with the cold---even colder than the UK right now up in North Dakota  :o
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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #19 on: December 14, 2007, 06:29:08 AM »
G-Man, what the heck are ya doing in North Dakota, and whereabouts on the Frozen Tundra are you?  I've been all over that state and I still have a few friends up yonder I keep in touch with.
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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #20 on: December 14, 2007, 01:42:43 PM »
Frozen tundra is right ! I was stationed there in my wild & misspent youth (GFAFB), THAT is where I learned what COLD really looks like !! Sometimes I miss it though......right along about the time I want some "Everclear" to ah, actually never mind, I just wandered off down the lane again. Lots of time,miles,& water have passed by me since then.
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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #21 on: December 14, 2007, 03:08:48 PM »
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Lots of time,miles,& water have passed by me since then.

As the late Sam Goldwyn would have said, "Yeah we've all passed a lot of water since then."  Hehe.   ;D ;D ;D

I actually have family in GFK, but I ain't naming names!    ::whistle::
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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #22 on: December 14, 2007, 10:16:18 PM »
Quote from: Rooster Cruiser on December 14, 2007, 06:29:08 AM
G-Man, what the heck are ya doing in North Dakota, and whereabouts on the Frozen Tundra are you?  I've been all over that state and I still have a few friends up yonder I keep in touch with.

I am checking these for DoE:



I am near the Big Cow:



In the Tundra:



And its friggin cold, minus 17F with the wind chill this morning..  ::unbelieveable::
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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #23 on: December 14, 2007, 10:36:40 PM »
They sure do like their sculptures in ND:





I flew over the enchanted highway:

http://www.enchantedhighway.net/

But it was too dark to get pictures..
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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #24 on: December 15, 2007, 12:30:08 AM »
Oh, I'm so glad you posted The Cow...  I don't know how many times I have driven by that thing....

Stay warm!!!   ::drinking::   ::drinking::
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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #25 on: December 15, 2007, 01:06:10 AM »
Quote from: TheSoccerMom on December 15, 2007, 12:30:08 AM
Oh, I'm so glad you posted The Cow...  I don't know how many times I have driven by that thing....

Stay warm!!!   ::drinking::   ::drinking::

Trying to stay warm.. I landed by the "cow" and kicked out my "line rider" with camera to get that shot..  ::whistle:: ::whistle:: Luckily no-one was in the parking lot..  ::whistle:: ::whistle::  Or should I say--"I made a "precautionary landing" due to an unexplained vibration, dropped off my passenger, and then conducted a flight test to determine the cause of said vibration. Once I deemed the vibration had gone, and the aircraft was again in good flying condition, I picked up my passenger--who happened to have taken some pictures".  ::whistle:: ::whistle::
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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #26 on: December 15, 2007, 01:20:46 AM »
Yee-e-e-sss.....  I was THINKING that, when I saw the cow.  Well done, young man, you know those vibrations can be pretty important!  (That's what she said too.....).....   ;D

Glad you're staying warm!!  I'm sure DoE appreciates you.....   ;)
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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #27 on: December 15, 2007, 03:16:03 AM »
Great pictures! 8)

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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #28 on: December 15, 2007, 04:21:11 AM »
Well G-Man, out in Western ND I know the owners of the FBO's at DIK and ISN.  Both are good friends of mine.  The ISN fella was actually my best man at my wedding.  I still trade emails with the head of the State Aeronautics commision who has an office at the BIS airport city FBO office.  I am well familiar with the Cow, since I used to fly over it in a C402 pretty often while flying UPS freight from BIS to DIK.  I have driven past it and the ducks in flight.

If you have to overnight at DIK or ISN, tell them you know a certain former truck driver that used to fly up yonder and see if they'll buy you a beer!   ::drinking:: ::drinking:: ::drinking::
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Re: Hundred dollar hamburger
« Reply #29 on: December 15, 2007, 04:24:35 AM »
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And its friggin cold, minus 17F with the wind chill this morning..

Dude, pray you get out of there before the temps drop to -30F to -40F, not counting wind chill!!!   ::eek:: ::unbelieveable::  Nothing is as miserable as pre-flighting or post flighting an airplane in that stinking cold of temperatures!
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