Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!hasmed!qusavx!ukma!sean From: sean@ukma.UUCP (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Speed of flying vs driving Message-ID: <521@ukma.UUCP> Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 03:21:25 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.521 Posted: Fri Jan 18 03:21:25 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jan-85 04:25:28 EST References: <693@ihnp4.UUCP> <797@amdahl.UUCP> <242@terak.UUCP> <19096@lanl.ARPA>, <257@terak.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of KY Mathematical Sciences Lines: 25 We often fly down to Hilton Head Island, S.C. from Lexington Ky. to spend a week soaking up the sun. By car, it's over 12 hours. By Beechcraft, total time from front door to condo is between 4 and 5 hours (conservatively). Flying time is between 3 and 4 hours, depending on wind. If we leave at 9am, that practically gives us an extra day. Even for shorter trips, you don't have to go far at 200 MPH to outweigh the slighly longer embark/disembark times. A great deal of the delays you speak of can be avoided by planning ahead. Familiarty with both airports can chop off even more minutes. For example, Fuel stops don't have to take 30 minutes. Well planned fuel stops take about the same time a car stop would (Family goes to bathroom, gets some soft drinks. When all of family gets back, plane is fueled). Most airports, even small ones, have better bathrooms than gas stations. Personally, I much prefer flying to driving. I find that time in a plane passes very quickly while driving drags on and on and on. Not only that, but most car seats cause me severe back pain after 5-6 hours. Enough Ramblin, Sean