RE: What do most folks here do?
Sorry for any privacy invasion as it was not meant that way. Another of these threads that could get out of hand if folks took somethig the wrong way. It sounds like most people are like me and just budget their time and money. I was probably more curious as to whether folks were still working or retired/semi-retired. With many jet events you tend to see a lot of the same names often so it seems a lot of people travel to many events each year which led me to believe poeple had more job flexibilty or free time than I have so it got me curious. So no more personal questions from me I promise and no more responses as to what you do unless you care to.
But back to one of the original questions. How often do you fly your jets? I am sure eveyone has a "daily driver". But for those of you with multiple planes do you alternate what you fly? Or do you save certain planes for special events? I would not think some of the larger planes (like the Mibo A-10) get flown a every weekend just from a logistical standpoint but I may be wrong. At Joe Nall this year there was a LOT of flying and I saw numerous planes flown numerous times. It seems turbine reliability is so good that there would be no reason not to fly more unless you just don't feel like it. Same with EDFs, since you can charge and go again in an hour or so.