Ha Ha. Every once in a while I find myself missing my airplanes. Then I get out my old file and look at the some of my maintenance bills, which I've kept just for that purpose. If that doesn't work I ask my wife to whack me upside the head a couple of times. That generally does the trick. 

Rpods are a LOT easier to live with. 

I was a airplane owner for 33 years.  Then I realized that the airplane owned me, so I sold it and bought an Rpod.  Very happy now.  

 

What are two best days in an airplane owners life?

1) The day you buy your plane

2) The day you sell it.

Very true. The same is true with big boats in my experience, but not RV's. They don't seem to generate quite as intensely positive or negative feelings in me for some reason. 

 I do miss the dome. 

Like they always say, you gotta 'pay' to 'play'.

if you think boats are bad, try an airplane sometime. Having owned both, I see boats as a relative bargain. Unless you have an experimental aircraft you have to buy FAA approved parts and have them installed by a certified airframe and powerplant mechanic. The aircraft has to undergo an annual inspection and will be declared unairworthy if it doesn't pass until it is repaired, by the shop that failed it of course since that is where the airplane is now sitting all torn apart. Engine overhauls start at about $20K not including removal and replacement and that's for a little 100 hp engine from a two seater. Its a lot like playing russian roulette except the bullets are $1000 bills. And avgas is about $5 per gallon and airplanes burn up a lot of fuel. 

OTOH there is not much that compared to the freedom of flight....

Greetings:

I always drink bottled water, use tank water for cleaning, I put a half cup of bleach in the tank a couple of times during the summer.  I find it takes less water to have a pot along and heat the water as needed on the stove, instead of using the water heater.  It only takes a short time to heat up.  

Crankster78  2015 R-179

Let the spending begin!