".............. jets screaming out of hell ......."

We used to live close to an oil refinery and in the mid 70's we used to get
5 or 6 flights of 7 fighters on practice runs using us as a turning point
both on outward and return legs of their flights.
Then with problems in the Middle east fuel prices went up around 500% in
just over a year and have never stopped rising, Petrol (Gas) now costs us
around 79p ($1.44) per Litre.
The result we now see about 1 plane a couple of times a month.
The moral is that when fuel costs are low no one thinks twice about wasting
it, but there comes a time when costs are just to much for the tax payer to
put up with, but whilst low fuel costs remain a sacred cow protected by all
politicians then there is a price to pay.

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk