bill_hale

For example, I just heard of a guy buying this plane:

Cherokee Archer II 3000TT 0 SMOH, nice condition.

Garmin stack including 430. $60K. Not quite in your price range.

Hang in there. You can get a better plane than is being proposed.

BH


On May 20, 12:43 pm, "bill_h...@verigy.com" <33bona...@>
wrote:
> I have a hunch that the market is bad enough that you will be able to
> get a much better plane for $50K than many are suggesting.
>
> I think they would be really hard to sell right about now.
>
> So many of the planes that seem to be too expensive for you will
> still be sale when you are flying around in yours! Their owners
> haven't
> grasped what is going on.  I'll bet you could buy one for about 60-70%
> of
> what you are expecting if you were patient; and it wouldn't be a heap.
>
> So I'd pick the airplane that would meet your needs that you could
> get a really good deal on.  It wouldn't matter a lot what brand it
> was.
>
> I have seen project airplanes suggested.  Only buy one of those
> if you want a project.
>
> And, BTW, I wouldn't buy a Bonanza older than H-35.  Too many
> speciality problems to know about.  They can be a great deal if you
> are really expert; otherwise, you could drown in AMUs spent.
>
> Bill Hale
>
> On May 17, 5:24 am, Kirk Ellis wrote:
>
>
>
> > A fellow pilot/friend and I have been knocking around the idea of
> > doing a 2-way partnership on an aircraft next summer. I have had my
> > ticket since 1998 although I have only 150 some odd hours total. My
> > friend has about half that. Relatively speaking we still consider
> > ourselves newbie "students" but have this overwhelming desire to
> > become the best pilots possible and that requires lots of practice.- Hide quoted text -
>
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