Now, wait, I get 4.5 to 5 GPH, so let's assume 5. At $5 a gallon, that's $25 per hour. That means I can go 2 hours each way and still be at $100. I do a lot of hamburger trips that range from 1 hour to just under 2, and I think it's still an honest $100 hamburger...
Example: KUUV to KMKC is about 170 miles. At 90 knots that's under 2 hours, and since I'm just going for lunch the winds average outré. Borrow a crew car, go to Arthur Bryant's BBQ for lunch, return crew card, fly home. That was a $100 BBQ Beef sandwich with fries! Larry N99340 On Sep 3, 2010, at 3:55 PM, Caliendo Dan wrote: > > Column: Tab for $100 hamburger gets pricier > The $100 hamburger may be a nickname of the past due to fuel price increases, > according to columnist William Egart. "The '$100.00 Hamburger' now may be > just a symbol of a relatively simpler time in General Aviation, an era that > might be gone forever," writes Egart. With fuel at $4.80 a gallon, Egart > calculates a round-trip flight in Georgia at $200, not including the price of > the burger. The Examiner (8/29) > <sm_share.gif><shim.gif><linkedin.gif><shim.gif><facebook.gif><shim.gif><twitter.gif><shim.gif><btn_email_story_gray1.gif>
