Following this thread with much interest...
I am finally approaching a position where I can seriously consider ownership but would like some opinions of those who have done it before.
I would like to think that purchasing an S1S or similar from the states is a realistic and sensible option but weary of the prospect of most airframes having been 'thrashed' already, has anyone had experience with paying an local US lame to conduct pre purchase inspections on something they have only seen on the Internet? How does this look as a cost breakdown for the first 2 years of ownership. Initial purchase 30-45k, pre purchase inspections 2-3k, shipping 10k, Initial registration and required repairs 10k, hangarage 2k, 100 hourly x 3 10k, obviously this is assuming nothing to major go wrong
This is without wet running costs but does that look about right? Fingers crossed it's on the high side...