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    Flew up to north Georgia today...

    Just some pics. Flew a 'round robin' From OPN at the bottom (Thomaston-Upson County Airport) around Atlanta to N. GA. Was just about 50 miles from Chattanooga TN. Last pic is Falcon Field in Peachtree City GA pretty close to my starting airport. I still need to get around to cleaning that windshield.

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    rubberbands are a wonderful invention...

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    The miracle of flight.

    You have bugs at 5,000ft??

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    The miracle of flight.

    You have bugs at 5,000ft??
    I guess you pick them up on the way up there. lol.

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    I guess you pick them up on the way up there. lol.
    We joked about that same thing last week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    We joked about that same thing last week.
    You do see bird up there though. They get pretty high.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    You do see bird up there though. They get pretty high.
    Flying has that same effect on me.

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    Just curious..how many gallons of gas does that plane hold and how much is the gas per gallon for it? Might as well tell me how many miles per gallon you get too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    Just curious..how many gallons of gas does that plane hold and how much is the gas per gallon for it? Might as well tell me how many miles per gallon you get too.
    This 172 holds 50 gallons (I think most hold 40). Burns about 8 gallons an hour at the power setting I use. At my airport it is I think $4.10 a gallon. I just pay a flat rate per hour 'wet', which means my rate includes gas.

    Just for calculation purposes, lets say the plane averages about 100 knots per hour (115 MPH), and you are burning 8 gallons an hour. So that would be 115 miles divided by 8, which is 12.5 miles per gallon. I think I figured that out the right way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    $4.10 a gallon...lets say the plane averages about 100 knots per hour (115 MPH), and you are burning 8 gallons an hour. So that would be 115 miles divided by 8, which is 12.5 miles per gallon.
    That's not bad, I actually thought it would be a lot more expensive than that.

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