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GoldenRivet · 11-12-17, 02:58 PM

Update:

Found a couple of really nice Cessna 150s

rolled one into maintenance hangar for a pre-buy inspection but it was revealed at that point that the aircraft has sat for the past 5 years and needs about $14,000 in maintenance to get it flying. so i passed.

Second Cessna 150 looked like a really nice one, and im sure it is, but 10 years ago it was flipped over in a wind storm while parked at an airport in North Texas which caused substantial damage requiring the tail to be re-built and wings to be replaced. it has flown the past 4 years without incident, but this greatly impacts the ability to sell it should the time come.

also found a Grumman, looks like a bargain, but the interior has had zero refurbishment since 1975. i have been haggling back and forth with the current owner, but given that it is located on the other side of the country, getting to it to see it, inspect it and bring it home are obstacles... fairly easily overcome, but obstacles none the less. a new interior, which wouldn't be an immediate need will run about $10,000.

also, virtually every aircraft on the market is NOT compliant with the looming ADS-B mandate. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automa...0%93_broadcast)
so that would be another $1,500 - $6,000 depending on how high tech fancy the ADS-B appliance is.

still cheaper than a woman

EDIT: speaking of women, my wife has put here two cents into the bucket and says that anything i get needs to have 4 seats so if she and the kids want to go its possible, so it looks like im completely out of the Cessna 150 market

11-12-17, 02:58 PM	#7
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Update: Found a couple of really nice Cessna 150s rolled one into maintenance hangar for a pre-buy inspection but it was revealed at that point that the aircraft has sat for the past 5 years and needs about $14,000 in maintenance to get it flying. so i passed. Second Cessna 150 looked like a really nice one, and im sure it is, but 10 years ago it was flipped over in a wind storm while parked at an airport in North Texas which caused substantial damage requiring the tail to be re-built and wings to be replaced. it has flown the past 4 years without incident, but this greatly impacts the ability to sell it should the time come. also found a Grumman, looks like a bargain, but the interior has had zero refurbishment since 1975. i have been haggling back and forth with the current owner, but given that it is located on the other side of the country, getting to it to see it, inspect it and bring it home are obstacles... fairly easily overcome, but obstacles none the less. a new interior, which wouldn't be an immediate need will run about $10,000. also, virtually every aircraft on the market is NOT compliant with the looming ADS-B mandate. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automa...0%93_broadcast) so that would be another $1,500 - $6,000 depending on how high tech fancy the ADS-B appliance is. still cheaper than a woman EDIT: speaking of women, my wife has put here two cents into the bucket and says that anything i get needs to have 4 seats so if she and the kids want to go its possible, so it looks like im completely out of the Cessna 150 market __________________ Last edited by GoldenRivet; 11-12-17 at 03:07 PM.