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Old 6th Mar 2008, 00:35
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youngmic
 
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This may not be the direction you wish to go, however worth a thought.

A mate has had a RAAus registered Sportstar online for 2 years and is very happy with how it is being looked after and is making a measurable financial return on it.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the days of high performance GA types is near over particularly with on line hire.

However there is a growing market of pilots in the RAAus category and a healthy demand for types to fly.

Some of the advantages are:

1. Cheaper buy in cost.
2. Much much cheaper maintenance and repair costs.
3. Much simpler operating skills required, eg. no mixture no CSU, no retract.
4. A pool of pilots who appear to have a better skill base often with more knowledge due to a greater passion for there hobby.
5. More likely to be hangared and in a smaller (cheaper) hangar.
6. The online operators are often a friendlier bunch of people who are less financially cut throat.

Down side is you probably won't own a 160 kt machine, but you could, they are out there.

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