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Re:$100 Hamburger by paulpauper on Saturday June 14, 2025 @01:22AM (#44274377)
However, increasing fuel prices have since caused an increase in hourly operating costs for most airplanes, and a Cessna 172 now costs US$95–180[3] per Hobbs hour to rent, including fuel.[4]

I had no idea it is so cheap to rent a Cessna. A private jet is easily 20x that

Re:$100 Hamburger by haiku2077 on Saturday June 14, 2025 @02:19AM (#44274588)
Renting a Toyota Camry is also cheaper than hiring a tour bus with driver
Re:$100 Hamburger by nharada on Saturday June 14, 2025 @02:03AM (#44274530)
True but in most cases you'd be better off hopping in the car and booking it down the freeway to wherever you're going. Way cheaper and more reliable and honestly maybe faster depending on how far the airport is and how safe your pre-flight is.
Re:$100 Hamburger by t0mas88 on Saturday June 14, 2025 @02:57AM (#44274704)
The price of the jet includes the cost of 2 crew to operate it and the organization around it to arrange everything for dispatch. The Cessna price listed here is for only the plane and fuel.
Re:$100 Hamburger by bravesoul2 on Saturday June 14, 2025 @01:26AM (#44274394)
Makes sense. A bicycle is probably a 20th of the price of a limo to rent.
Re:$100 Hamburger by dyauspitr on Saturday June 14, 2025 @04:08AM (#44274968)
A private jet comes with a crew and a pilot. This is a plane you have to fly yourself.
Re:$100 Hamburger by bombcar on Saturday June 14, 2025 @08:41AM (#44276080)
You can often find a flight instructor willing to build hours at rates as low as $15/hr.
Re:$100 Hamburger by haiku2077 on Saturday June 14, 2025 @10:03AM (#44276506)
Although many can't officially take your money as that would he operating a commercial passenger service which is regulated differently.
Re:$100 Hamburger by bombcar on Saturday June 14, 2025 @11:42PM (#44280367)
You just get a lesson!
Re:$100 Hamburger by petesergeant on Saturday June 14, 2025 @01:49AM (#44274490)
A private jet is a jet, where a Cessna 172 is a small unpressurised prop plane that dawdles along at 1/3 the speed and is uncomfortable to be a passenger in…
Re:$100 Hamburger by kdndnrndn on Saturday June 14, 2025 @09:34AM (#44276356)
It's speed is also lower than many cars on the Autobahn at ~300 km/h

Granted, there's less of a risk of traffic in the sky than on the Autobahn

Re:$100 Hamburger by Tepix on Saturday June 14, 2025 @09:37AM (#44276378)
„many cars on the Autobahn“? Not really, i very rarely see cars going 300 km/h.
Re:$100 Hamburger by abcd_f on Saturday June 14, 2025 @10:44AM (#44276735)
Even 200 km/h is exceedingly rare.
Re:$100 Hamburger by nharada on Saturday June 14, 2025 @09:32PM (#44279984)
Going 160 knots (300 kph) in a C172 would be pretty rare and is nearly at the maximum speed of the airframe. Cruise is more like 115 knots or 210 kph.
Re:$100 Hamburger by fnord77 on Saturday June 14, 2025 @02:55AM (#44274699)
a Cessna engine costs maybe $30,000 to overhaul (every 1800 hours or so)

a Gulstream G650 engine costs maybe $4,500,000 to overhaul every 10,000 hours. Times 2.

a Cessna 172 sips about 8 gallons per hour.

A G650 guzzles about 500 gallons of fuel per hour

jet fuel is a little cheaper than avgas though

Re:$100 Hamburger by Sabacak on Saturday June 14, 2025 @03:48AM (#44274910)
Weird humblebrag