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The simple answer to this question, is you have to do everything. What can't be recovered or replaced, you have to paint it. If you leave out any one piece it sticks out like a sore thumb!
Great retro appeal to this Cessna F150. We might have it sold before it gets to hit the site!
We pay generous finders fee's for off market single engine aircraft. If you have knowledge of an aircraft that is for sale, and not being marketed then reach out.
Many of us like to save money, when we have the time and opportunity to do so. Airplane ownership costs can be effectively reduced by several maintenances that you can do yourself, and these are listed in an aircraft's service manual. If you are mechanically inclined and looking to keep your plane in good running order while learning more about and understanding your plane's inner workings, doing the upkeep yourself will help.
We don't just spend all day selling aircraft, it is rare that a day goes by when we don’t consider buying something either for resale or to part out. We’ll leave the parting out side of things to the experts, and just consider potential flying aircraft here. So armed with a torch and a Phillips No. 2 screwdriver we set off to look at two Cessna 172’s last week and bought the less obvious one of the pair.
You could look at all the Beechcraft, Piper, Cirrus and Grumman Aircraft but still come back to the Cessna 172 as the one airplane that does more things better than any other, for the average PPL. The 172 range encompasses everything from the straight tail 6 cylinder classics to the 180hp Lycoming glass cockpit version you can still buy fresh from the factory.
I am biased on this topic, so I need to put my objective hat on for this one. Most PPL training is done on Cessna 152’s, Piper PA28/38 or if you are lucky enough some of the new generation Rotax powered aircraft. GPS will not have been a big feature of your training, and your dead reckoning skills will be at an all time peak.
WF Aviation has struggled on the “buy side” with other brokers in the business who simply were not up to snuff with the technical aspects of aircraft sales. There are so many issues like Airworthiness Directives, VAT, CAMO Contracts, Airworthiness Limitations and so on that require you to have owned, operated and maintained aircraft to really understand them fully.
What is our favourite aircraft? Great question and one that you could give lifetimes thought to and still not arrive at a conclusion. Old Pilot magazines in piles give lots of possibilities. Memories in old log books recall great flights in so many different types. So if you had to live with one airplane what would it be?
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