ORIGINAL: rhklenke
Well, I'm half way to Ky Jets as I type and its cost me $200 in gas and hotel so far - and I drive a 4-cylinder pulling a 5X8 trailer...I can't imaging what the guys with bigger rigs are paying! [X(]
For me, its all about the amount of flying I'll be able to get in vs. the cost to get there. I did Fentress because even though its only 2 days, its only a 2.5 hour drive for me. I'm doing Ky Jets because it should be 5 days of flying (knock on wood) for a 9 hour trip and Liberty should be 3 or 4 days for a 6 hour trip. Any farther for less flying won't happen. Florida Jets is totally out for us in '09. Almost no flying after a 14 hour drive and I saw all of the new stuff here on RCU long before I saw it a Florida Jets (or I can see it on RCU during/after)...
Bob
Amen to that! The Mississippi Gang has not been going to FJ for a number of years just for that reason. The last year we went it was a 15 hour drive for me we could not fly before 9 AM and had to stop flying at 4:30 PM. It is nice to see the cool new stuff and see it flying but I personally am not driving 15 hours for only 7 1/2 hours worth of flying time, when the daylight hours would allow more. That being said we have been to 4 meets so far this year and plan on 4 more. Diesel has been running 4.59 to 5.00 a gallon and we get around 9 mles to the gallon hauling the trailer. Such is life we don't have a good place to fly at home so if we want to fly jets we hit the events.
DR