Owning a aircraft

My only advice for owning is to find a mechanic you know and can trust. Be sure you get your OWN pre-buy inspection done by this mechanic you know and trust. My dad is an A&P IA, and he has had so many people bring in airplanes and say: "Hey, I got this great deal on this plane, I just bought it last month! Can you do a quick annual for me?". Those types of annuals are never quick and never cheap.

A relationship with a good quality mechanic is so important in plane ownership.
 
There are so many variables that its really tough to say what it will cost to own and maintain a light single. Where do you live? How handy are you? What kind of light single? The answers to any one of those questions will have a tremendous effect on what everything ends up costing you.

Take tie-downs for instance. If you keep the plane near NYC in North Jersey, tie-downs are probably going to cost 4-5 times what they'll cost in BFE Arkansas.

nypilot88 said:
3. I'm looking to find a single-engine piston aircraft, something to build time in. Nothing fancy and in the $10,000-$40,000 range. any suggestions?
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You're not going to like my suggestion. If you're looking to build time, rent. Its almost always cheaper and you don't have to worry about any unexpected expenses.
 
If you are thinking 152 I would recommend also looking into a Piper Tomahawk. They have similar performance and fuel burn to the 152, but much more room in the cockpit. It is nice not to have to sit in your passenger's lap.
 
Blackhawk said:
That's from Lycoming. Less through third parties, some of whom have very good reputations.
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I know. The reason for the :eek: is the last time I looked into prices from Lycoming, a NEW engine for my airplane was only 15K without core. Of course, it has been a few years too! :insane:
 
Yea last year when we were looking to get the 0-320 done from our cherokee the factory wanted I think around 26,000 to rebuild it. We had it redone by http://www.dongeorgeaircraft.com/lycoming.htm which if you look at there list of prices they are much lower. We did have them use new cylinders though instead of re using the old ones which added a few thousand dollars but we just felt better that way. Other than that they reuse your crank and case. Everything else is new. They have a very good reputation doing engine repairs.
 
Join a flying club!!

http://www.flyingclub.org/

New York :D

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Look at this beauty - some states have all the luck.
 
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