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Old 12-10-2007, 11:31 AM   #51
dmac
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Profile:  2003 25' Safari
Eden Prairie , Minnesota
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Hunt
For every million dollar rig there is some cat out there with a private jet--now thats fuel.
The Hawker 700 jet that my company owns uses ~210 gph of Jet-A (basically kerosene/diesel fuel) at cruise. At ~$4/gal thats $840/hour for fuel! Of course it travels at 500 mph, but it's only 2.4 mpg.

My private plane, an old Beech Debonair, burns 13 gph of avgas. At about $4/gal thats $52/hour at 170 mph, or 13 mpg.

Towing my Airstream Safari 25' trailer with an F150 gets about 12 mpg.
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