I flew over to Baytown today to get some gas. It was a beautiful day and a lot of people were out flying. I was number 3 at the pump. I also ended up number three for take off. At baytown you have to back taxi on runway 32, so there is a hold up at midfield waiting for the runway to clear. I sat there for about ten minutes, but what the hell, the engine was at idle and I was not paying by the Hobbs meter. This is a shot of one taking off and another getting ready to back taxi. Aviation is fun!
When I was a student pilot many years ago I remember calculating that. Not now, however. especially since Baytown is only nine miles from my home airport.