( All amounts in US dollars as converted at today's rate) Well, I've just done a check here in the UK, and the average price for Avgas is $2.10 per LITRE... ordinary unleaded auto petrol (sorry, gas) cost me today at our local supermarket $1.58 a litre. It cost me $92.20 to fill my car this afternoon. yep, we pay through the nose in tax for almost everything here. 20 cigarettes will take about $8.50 out of the flying fund for every 20 you buy. A reasonable bottle of Scotch Whisky well set you back over $22.00.(And we make it here)
With taxes like this it's not surprising to see people moaning about the prices of everything, and I mean EVERYTHING over here. At the flying club I visit, albeit not as often as I would wish now I am retired, an hour in a Cessna 152 will cost over $180. A belated happy new year to one and all, and all that you wish for yourselves in 2005 Terry Jones, disgruntled of the UK..... > >
