I built my Lancair at Denmark Airport (Western Australia) which has no fuel.  So I borrowed a drum, and filled it with 210 litres of Avgas at the Albany airport using my SAAA (Sport Aircraft Association of Australia) fuel card which is billed to BP. 

 

I trucked the fuel to my hangar and calibrated my fuel gages in preparation for first flight.  

 

First and subsequent test flights have gone well. 

 

Yesterday I got a call from SAAA.  They had just received the invoice from BP.  It seems that they had billed me for 210 drums of Avgas which probably exceeded my credit limit by a bit.  The message was to call back ASAP. 

 

I can see why.

 

Total cost for fuel and drums: $96,000. 

 

 

Be careful out there.  J

 

Fred