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Old 11th March 2012 | 19:21
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Jidi, is it this one? And the other one this one?

If they are, then my money would be for the first one. I wonder if the hours he indicates are "since" or "to" TBO, otherwise 275 hours is about 3 years of flying at minimum plus you'd have the option to fly on condition thereafter. If you can get it to your budget, and the pre-purchase inspection is ok, then I'd say go for it. Also Avionikwise, I'd go for this one. Mode S, Autopilot and standard King's, that is better than the ARC Cockpit of the 2nd plane.

The 2nd one, apart from the engine, the Avionic is inferior to the 1st one in my opinion.

I have two options, either to spend this money now on a pretty used Cessna, or wait a few more years and to hope I'll have a more relaxed budget in the future for a better airframe and engine and rent meanwhile ...
Well, the point today is that GA is in huge problems. If you want to fly, do it now. You can wait and wait until the cows come home and in the end you'll look back and say "why the hell didn't I do it while I could".

I don't know about Romania, have flown in Bulgaria, where GA is actually on the way up.
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