It's the "last flown 2 years ago" part that would worry me. Could be ok, could be a maintenance nightmare. Probably priced appropriately for that gamble.
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Like all short wing Pipers, the pre-buy inspection for this Colt will need to involve an ice pick or click center punch, to check for known corrosion issues. Lower longerons, bottom of door frame, main strut attach cluster.
French Valley is on the dry-ish side of the coastal mountains, so there's a chance the corrosion is minor, but you gots to know before you spends da cash.
French Valley is on the dry-ish side of the coastal mountains, so there's a chance the corrosion is minor, but you gots to know before you spends da cash.
Pilot-34
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But not likely the last 30 years
Pilot-34
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Is anyone here actually familiar with this plane ?
Bill-Higdon
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250/kt Glasair lll Kit New in Box - aviation - by owner - airplane... Located at airport 1N1
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Here's a decent deal on a 4 stroke Nieuport 11
1916 Nieuport 11 Bi-plane - aviation - by owner - airplane aviation...
I have a 7/8 scale Nieuport 11, WW I, fighter ,bi-plane that I built out of all aircraft grade materials. 6061-T6 aluminum tubing was used for the build. It has an 800 cc BMW engine with electric...
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...unless its the numerous $3500 Pitts S-1 projects... Then they're located on the east coast.
Because we’re all broke after paying all of the high California taxes, fees, gas, electricity, and mortgages… the only choice we have left is an airplane fire sale.
djmcfall
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Not all in California, I have discovered the good deals are always on the opposite side of the country from wherever you are located. Same jinx as wherever I am flying, I always have a headwind. I think it is similar to Murphy’s law.
Pilot-34
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So the reason I can’t find any good deals because I live in the middle of the country? As soon as I move to one side or the other I’ll be able to find more of them?
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No because then all the good deals will be in the middle or other side of the country.
So a tiny little crackerbox house with mold and rodents and single-pane windows in LA, SF, or NY costs $800K at a minimum... and a decent live-able house in the middle of the country costs 50-150K... and you're crying about all the good deals being somewhere else?
I'll trade you THREE of the great airplane deals I got for ONE of your houses.
If you act now, I'll throw in a couple of our CA elected officials to sweeten the deal
challenger_II
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Cha! Ching! NO SALE!!!!
If you act now, I'll throw in a couple of our CA elected officials to sweeten the deal
Unless you can work remote* you will also likely trade your paycheck for one with with about half of it missing. Housing may be a higher % of income but there are a lot of other items that cost us here in flyover country just as much as it does in the big city. 15% disposable income of a 100K paycheck goes a lot further than 20% disposable income from a 50K paycheck.
And all the good airplane deals are still on the coast - take your pick.
* Some of us really fear what is going to happen to local housing prices, and by extension our property taxes, when people that can work remote, and make 'city wages', start moving in.
Ried
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So which mountain will you throw them from? (Sorry, way off topic! But not sorry)If you act now, I'll throw in a couple of our CA elected officials to sweeten the deal
Sadly,
VB can only afford to drop them off the coast, but take heart they may be too inept to make shoreline.
Bill-Higdon
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But it'll get you a major EPA Water Quaility violation
Pilot-34
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I don’t know who you think you’re kidding you can buy a nice livable house in my area for 10,000 bucks!So a tiny little crackerbox house with mold and rodents and single-pane windows in LA, SF, or NY costs $800K at a minimum... and a decent live-able house in the middle of the country costs 50-150K... and you're crying about all the good deals being somewhere else?
I'll trade you THREE of the great airplane deals I got for ONE of your houses.
If you act now, I'll throw in a couple of our CA elected officials to sweeten the deal
And Illinois is the only state in the union the department of corrections runs our governor’s retirement plan so yeah we can swap politicians I’m gonna get the best of that deal !
Derswede
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I was in Compton, Ca to interview a machine tech a couple of years ago. Hispanic kid, nice house, but small/older. I complemented him on having a nice house...he said, it is a rental and he wanted to stay there, so he improved the property. Owner told him that he could buy it if he wanted...about 1,000 sq. ft, in not the best neighborhood. $450,000. Wow, in Compton? I thought that it was a bit high. In NC, the house flippers have taken over. An abandoned house near me is halfway to completion. I would have torn down the original and built new. But they say that they will make a profit on it. The 1800 sq. ft house just down from me went on the market at $235K, just sold for $295K. 5 bidders. If I had another place to live, I would put mine up for sale tomorrow. The airport up the road from me is suddenly affordable. Owner told me $250,000 for it. Hmmm....my own airstrip......problem is, that price is several years old, and today, the rich neighbors would snap it up and build more McMansions on it.
Derswede
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Open cockpit Bi-Plane - aviation - by owner - airplane aviation parts
Single place Folding wing Experimental Light Sport Bi-Plane with folding wings for trailering. Custom trailer and other pilot acessories included in price. Featured in Sport Aviation magizine March...
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