Probably. But at $5 a gallon, you might want to consider an even dozen ways to reduce fuel-related costs of flying.

However unpleasant the specter of $4 avgas may be, it has become a harsh reality. The $5 barrier fell last spring and as we go to press, Signature at Teterboro, New Jersey, can claim the highest avgas price in the country: $6.10. In the U.S., fuel has never been the most expensive component of flying cost, but it could soon get that way and even if it doesn’t, no other factor more threatens GA growth and usefulness than the rising cost of gas. …