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| Oct 7, 2014 at 13:21 | comment | added | paul | If he's buying a Cirrus, new, his 5-year budget would be about 1 mil. That old Cessna would probably need an engine fairly soon, so that's same again, installed. 5 years will be maybe 1/4 million. He's going to have enough left to do a really good world tour. | |
| Oct 6, 2014 at 23:45 | comment | added | Canuk | While aviation isn't cheap, If you're spending $3.14 million on a decent piston single you might be paying too much. Purchasing a 2014 top-of-the-line Cessna TTx straight from Cessna is around 750k. A 2014 Cirrus SR22 (one of the best-selling piston singles in the world) is around 650k. However, lest we scare off people who want to learn to fly and buy their own airplane, a well-maintained, older Cessna 172 (there are still a lot of them around, Cessna having build 43,000 since 1956) can be had for $50k or less (check out controller.com or barnstormers.com for examples) | |
| Oct 6, 2014 at 9:31 | history | answered | paul | CC BY-SA 3.0 |