Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest

[BUDDYonRC at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/15/2005 12:11:50 PM Central Daylight Time,  
randy10926 at comcast.net writes:
Being older than dirt I remember when I first started driving in the early  
fifties when regular was 7 cents and no-nox was 8 cents a gallon.I had a charge 
 account at the corner station and had to save to pay my $3.00 monthly bill. 
Buddy 

I remember 15.6 cents a gallon for regular leaded about that time  frame.  I 
could fill up my car (austin heally sprite) for $2.00;  maybe $2.50 in-between 
price wars.
 
Randy
 

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> The last gas war that I  remember(1969 or 70??) buying gas at had premium 
at 
> 19 cents a  gallon and regular was 23 cents. Gas was about 35 cents a 
gallon 
> at  home. It paid for us to drive to the next town to get gas, go back home 
 
> and cruise all night, then go back and fill up before turning the  keys 
back 
> over to Pa. 
> 
> Wayne Galligan 
>  
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken  Thompson" 
> To: 
>  Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:02 PM 
> Subject: Re: Quincy  contest/Tangerine Contest 
> 
> 
> > We have $ 2.55 to  2.59 all around here. One spot in Ohio was having a 
gas 
> > war so  some of us patient ones got it for $ 2.36, Bob did a little 
better 
>  on 
> > Friday, gotta' love them gas wars!! 
> > 
>  > Ken 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Ron  Van Putte" 
> > To:  
> > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:40 PM  
> > Subject: Re: Quincy contest/Tangerine Contest 
> >  
> > 
> > > 
> > > On Aug 14, 2005, at 7:22  PM, Ken Thompson wrote: 
> > > 
> > >> About 20  min., and you can bet I squeezed every drop I could fit in 
my 
> >  >> tank, too!! I paid a little more than you did, but still a great  
> deal. 
> > > 
> > > I went to the Tangerine  Contest down in Apopka, FL with Tony Stillman. 
> We 
> >  > paid $2.57/gallon on the way there. The cheapest gas was $2.39/gallon  
> in 
> > > Apopka. Paid $2.56/gallon on the way back.  
> > > 
> > > BTW, we had a good time at the  contest. 
> > > 
> > > They had one Sportsman pilot,  one Intermediate pilot, two Advanced 
> pilots, 
> > >  four Master pilots and NINE F3A pilots! If you can imagine this: Jason 
 
> > > Shulman was there AND he competed with his World  Championship 
airplane! 
> > > Not only that, he let his brother,  David, borrow his airplane so he 
> could 
> > > compete.  I asked that at the pilots' meeting that Jason and David be 
> >  > allowed to fly alone, so that Jason's airplane wouldn't be at risk, 
and  
> > > that's the way it went until the fourth round, when my  airplane was 
> > > airborne, and Jason took off. Can you  imagine how conscious I was of 
> > > where Jason's airplane was  during that flight? Can you believe that it 
> > > was my  highest scoring flight? I was amazed! 
> > > 
> > >  Jason leaves for France on Monday. Go U.S.A.!!! 
> > > 
>  > > Ron Van Putte 
> > > 
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