Flying for half the cost of smoking.

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Flying for half the cost of smoking.

Postby sonex1566 » Sun Nov 10, 2019 5:11 am

Hi everybody,
I"ve been getting a bit creative again. This all started while I was waiting in line to pay for fuel for my truck, the lady in front of me bought a packet of ordinary cigarettes. I couldn't help but notice what she paid for the pack of 25 smokes....$42 Australian. In Australia you do need to be rather well off if you want a smoke. Also, the general population in Australia doesn't seem to be overly keen on noisy aircraft taking up valuable real estate which should ideally be converted into housing estates. So while I'm waiting in line, I start doing the maths.....I reckon that I spent about $20 a day for about 6 years whilst I scratch built my Sonex. So as a dare to myself, which you must never chicken out on I even recorded myself speaking which I had never done before. So here is my effort at Channelling James May from Top Gear in explaining why all the dreamers out there who have never had the courage to get off their bums and get busy!

https://youtu.be/qSCqP0byTFI
Richard
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1st Flight 25th June 2019. 170 hrs so far.....
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Re: Flying for half the cost of smoking.

Postby GraemeSmith » Sun Nov 10, 2019 8:47 am

Channeling your "James May"! Love it!! :-)
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