Maybe if our FBOs supplied 80-octane, we'd support them. Of the three airports where I might base 06H, one is closer to home and has only 100LL and Jet A.
Two others are closer to work, and have 80 and 100LL. At all three, the majority of planes on the field are designed to run on 80. Guess where I'm basing 06H? Guess who, as a result, is also going to get the tie-down fee, the annual inspection, and the unscheduled and scheduled maintenence. Guess who's going to supply the CFI for my next BFR. And guess whose hangar waiting list I'm on. Right! An FBO who picked a distributer who supplies 80 Octane and who spent the money on the tankage and equipment to pump it, thus serving the interests of the majority of planes on the field. No, we probably don't bring them as much profit as the guy who fills up his King Air, but someone apparently still cares. If the closer airport (SMQ) had 80, I'd probably be there. Greg At 09:50 AM 9/9/99 -0600, Randal Alden wrote: >Ben, I agree wholeheartedly. Maybe if we support our FBOs, we can convince >more of them to supply 80octane. I dont own an Ercoupe (yet), but I had an >old 172 and had to fuel 70 miles from my home airport. >Randy >
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