You beat me too it.Eh. Looks within limits. Speed tape it and MEL the landing light for day ops only and call it good
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If they taxi fast and slam on the brakes smoking my tires I hit them with a new set of tires(all disclosed at sign up). He can’t really avoid a bird so I can’t fault him for it. We were able to repair it in house so I’ll good with that. I don’t wanna build a bad rep for that one flight school that abuses students.Ouch. Renter's insurance? Is he on the hook for the deductible?
If they taxi fast and slam on the brakes smoking my tires I hit them with a new set of tires(all disclosed at sign up). He can’t really avoid a bird so I can’t fault him for it. We were able to repair it in house so I’ll good with that. I don’t wanna build a bad rep for that one flight school that abuses students.
You’re a good dude.
The school I teach for maintains a no-subrogation policy - which is great, but does put renters on the hook for the deductible if a claim is filed.
If there is a CFI on board, the CFI is liable for half that deductible.
Dunno how they’d handle a bird strike. Probably not like you do.
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They're getting redeveloped after the westside is done. I've been on a $1500 deposited waitlist for 5 years for them. I have a $50,000 deposit on a 42' T hangar on the westside development due to break ground in Jan 2022. The sale price is $420,000. No financing. It's absolutely insane, but theres so many billionaires in the radius of the airport and money bleeding from their pockets everyones paying. The 60' hangars are going for $1.2 Million and they're sold out. That same hangar thats going for $1.2M is selling for $250k in KCNO and the one I'm buying for $420k is selling for $28,000 at KCNO.That situation played out at my flight school. It was a dual night XC and a bird strike that wasn't detected until the first pre-flight the next morning. The school owner had the student cover the deductible, but the airplane owner wanted the loss of use clause exercised to maximize their revenue during the down time. Ultimately the insurance company called it an act of god, the school didn't consider it negligence worthy of enforcing the loss of use clause and owner took their airplane offline after it was repaired.
@mrivc211 Do you have any idea what is going on with those hangars on the east side of SNA with the paneling missing?
On a lighter note, I just bought a 2015 172S model. Its being transported here next week. It's gonna have a new engine, prop, paint. I'll post a pic once I'm done with it. The piper I bought a few months ago is about a month away from being painted/engine install. I'll post these up as they come out.
I'm curious as hell what you paid for the 172S. We're always on the lookout for them but the prices we've been finding border on insanity. DM me if you don't want to share in-thread.
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It doesn’t have an engine but I don’t care. I can install it myself with my A&P for $20,300 plus $1k to my mechanic for helping me. This plane is worth $400k
Dude it’s absolutely insane pricing right now. I’m in the middle of doing a complete refurbish on a Piper Cherokee. It’s gonna command $120kDid you say $400K for a 172?
Holy cow, I’ve been away from that market for too long I guess!
Did you say $400K for a 172?
Holy cow, I’ve been away from that market for too long I guess!
Man, I’ve got the skills and equipment to do a lot of refurb work myself, I should try flipping oneIt's definitely worth it to flip them for a quick sale then to let them fly and slowly lose depreciation from students running into birds I should clear about $200k profit on this 2015 I just bought and $65k on the piper. I'm able to do this because my flight school pays for the maintenance personnel, hangar, tooling, etc. If I had to pay retail and take the planes to a shop, no way jose.
Man, I’ve got the skills and equipment to do a lot of refurb work myself, I should try flipping one
airplanes with glass upgrades and deleted vacuum systems.