Thread: Buying My Own Personal Plane
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Old 06-24-2017, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by di1630 View Post
I bought a Piper Cherokee 10+ years ago. Runs on auto gas, fixed gear but performance to haul 4 persons with gear and long XC legs. Its been great.



The bad, I am currently overhauling the motor and its $30K and rising. You wouldn't think a USED crankshaft would cost $10k on an air cooled motor but its better than $25K new


I've owned my 185 for just a year now. Test flew the factory new engine this morning. I didn't see that one coming, but it is a hazard of ownership.


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