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Nice.

Thank you so much Nels. I hope this will help out, at least a small bit, for Tony. Nothing will help the physical pain nor the day-to-day strain but if he can at least pay to keep the lights on that will be something!

Thanks! Enjoyed the pics. Sounds like a fun laid-back day.

No, not a Yak-52. You're probably looking at the SNJ.

як-52?

More photos here for those who cannot get enough :-)

http://www.eaa196.com/images/myricks12/index.html

Because some of us fly real aircraft too.

Great photos, I really like airshows (they arent frequent here but qhen they happen I spend the whole time there!).

Why not?

Why on Flight Sim??

Well yes, I went to the USAF museum too...my article on that is still on our home page and in the features section.

Here I thought you went to Dayton to see the USAF Measume! That's why I go to Dayton

Originally Posted by Nels_Anderson

Ah, someone who knows why I was in Dayton :-) See anything interesting? Well, yes you could say that...two days isn't enough to see everything. Not usually connected to Echolink but I'm regularly monitoring repeaters on the IRLP 9125 reflector. 73 de K1UR

Happy Dxing from G7USL

Really a shame to have to miss scenery like that!

I too hate the pulled down shades. Long haul is even worse. On a London to Sydney recently they shut all the shades to 'trick' us into sleeping during the 'night'. We were flying at 360 over the Caspian Sea and the Himalayas in broad daylight! The view would have being fantastic but no go.
Equally frustrating was a San Francisco to London (over the high Arctic) at night. The northern lights would have be wonderfull except I was in a center seat.
More Tail Cams (ala the A380) please.

Cost comparison, interesting question, I did not consider that in the original article. I know a number of people who went to the event from here by airline and ticket prices were in the $350 to $400 range round trip per person. The Cessna 172 would require 5 to 6 flight hours each way and burn about 10 gallons per hour. Fuel at my local airport these days is going for $5.39 and I believe most places charge more, but it's a reference at least. So, for 10 to 12 hours of flight time fuel alone is $539 to $646. Roughly speaking, though, fuel costs are only about half of what it costs to fly a GA aircraft. Given that estimate, the GA flight cost roughly $1078 to $1292. This of course moved two people, and probably could have carried three if their luggage was light. So it looks like a full plane with three people and luggage would just about break even compare to the airlines.

Nels, Fun Blog. I missed Dayton this year.
What do you think the cost comparison might be between Comm and GA to Dayton.
Tom
W1ICU

Good deal. I have to do some reading about IRLP. I can't imagine how big the Dayton fest is. It's got to be quiet interesting to see. 73, KF4BYE.

Great to see some one else into both flight sim and radio.
hope to talk on IRLP one day I run node #6300 down under in VK3

73,s
David
VK3JDA

Ah, someone who knows why I was in Dayton :-) See anything interesting? Well, yes you could say that...two days isn't enough to see everything. Not usually connected to Echolink but I'm regularly monitoring repeaters on the IRLP 9125 reflector. 73 de K1UR