On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 07:24:27 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

On Friday, 18 September 2015 10:40:10 UTC-3, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 02:25:53 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:



Every once in a while I get bitten by the "learn to fly" bug. I took
lessons many years ago but never followed through with getting my
license. Life, family, kids, jobs, boats came along and got in the
way, probably just as well. One nice thing about boats is that they
don't fall from the sky when the engine fails. And if you pooch a
docking maneuver the penalty is usually nothing more than a few bumps
and scratches. The thing that sometimes re-ignites my flying passion
however is the thought of being able to fly to the Keys or Bahamas in
an hour or two. On a nice day that would be really cool.

I'd have thought there would be cheap frequent passenger flights between those locations from mainland Florida. For the amount of times you'd actually do it..it would be a lot cheaper.....and then there's the Bermuda Triangle to contend with..

Every time I think about it, I talk to one of the pilots I know and
the cost stops me dead in my tracks.
Owning a plane is ridiculous. You have to rebuild it every couple
years and you can't do any of it yourself (FAA)
They will almost give an old plane away if it is due for a major
overhaul.
The George Washington hatchet joke started in the airplane community.
When you rent, you are just amortizing another guy's maintenance bill.
For the casual user, it is still the only way to go.

BTW the "Bermuda Triangle" BS affects anyone who ventures out into the
Gulf stream and a lot more boaters wash up on the shores of Scotland
than fliers. It is not really that mysterious. You have a tropical
weather area with a pretty swift current and a bunch of pretty small
islands as destinations that are "only this far" on the map. Guess
wrong and the next strop is Africa or Europe.