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Fifteen-dollar air fare!

By George Baumler

 Yes, you can fly for fifteen dollars.  Flights depart Blue Lick Airport on calm clear mornings and are an excellent way to see the area from a whole new perspective.  Blue Lick Airport is located in Hillview, Kentucky, just south of Louisville at 1432 Hillview Blvd.  The fifteen-dollar ride is a real bargain.. The catch is no less than fostering an interest in aviation.  Call Thomas Jean ((502) 957-5159) to arrange your flight.  Besides cheap airplane rides, Blue Lick also is home to the Blue Lick Flying Club.

http://www.bluelickaero.com/Flying_Club.html

  The club consists of a number of aviation enthusiasts who are willing to share their knowledge and expertise with just about any neophyte who comes through the hangar door.  Club members range from commercial pilots, flight instructors, private pilots, aircraft-mechanics as well as student pilots who are just beginning their flight lessons.  The club also engages in hands on projects such an aircraft restoration under the watchful eye of an aircraft-mechanic and inspector.  The current projects include restoring a vintage J-3 Piper Cub and an ercoupe.  Numerous flying projects previously restored by the club are on the site and some are available for rental.  To get a first hand view of the flying club, visitors are welcome to stop by on Saturday mornings when members are usually on hand working on various projects.

  There are several aircraft available for rent and instruction, ranging from two or four place Cessnas to a vintage tail-wheel Aeronca Champ.  The dues for club members are a very reasonable four dollars per month, and the aircraft rental rate is just 60 dollars per hour including fuel!  If you are interested in instruction, Blue Lick is the place for you.  Instruction including plane, fuel and instructor is only 85 dollars per hour as recorded on the aircraft's Hobbs meter.  It's a super bargain in light of the fact the instructors tutor students on the ground as well as in the aircraft. 

  At fifteen dollars per head airfare, there's no reason to be stuck on the ground.

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