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News Flash: I am NOT a Helicopter Cost Consultant

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File this in the Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot file.

Yesterday, I got the following email message from someone I don’t know:

as of this date if i were to buy a used R22 with approx a 1000 hrs on it how much would the total operating costs be per hour if i were to fly 100 hours a year including reserve money for future overhaul

Yes, I did write a blog post in December 2010 titled, “The Real Cost of Helicopter Ownership,” where I detailed the actual operating costs of my R44. But does this guy honestly think I’ll make the same calculations for any helicopter for anyone who asks?

Regardless of what he thinks, the answer is no.

Interesting Links, September 14, 2011

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Interesting Links, September 11, 2011

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Interesting Links, August 23, 2011

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Interesting Links, August 15, 2011

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Here are links I found interesting on August 15, 2011:

  • Contacting the Congress: A Citizen’s Congressional Directory – Use this site to track down your representatives and senators. Tell them what you think they should be doing.
  • Stop Coddling the Super-Rich – Warren Buffett writes in the NYTimes, "While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks." Read the rest of his pro-tax-the-rich reasoning. (I love this man.)