I learned to fly in the late 1970s in Piper Tomahawks G-DYOU, TOO, CAN and FLY.
Fast forward almost 40 years, and I was looking for a plane for my children to learn to fly in.
I settled on a Cessna 172M as their primary/intermediate trainer - hour builder.
With a 150hp engine that runs on mo-gas. We can afford to fly it all day, every day.
The old Cessna got a complete overhaul.
America is littered with unused, unloved and unwanted planes.
If your involved with aviation you'll be bombarded with offers of cheap planes.
Why only last week I turned down a free tuna tank Cessna 310.
The only problem is they cost an awful lot to fix up, and if you get an unpopular model your stuck with it.
People don't restore Tomahawks in America. Once the engine is worn out, this are pushed to the weeds.
The Beechcraft Skipper is in the same unwanted category.
My local airport has an abandoned Skipper, that you can have for free.
But if I lived in England and had a hangar, I think I'd buy something like a Robin H100.
A friend has a Tomahawk.
He picked it up for $5000 at an estate sale.
He didn't chose it, the plane chose him.
He was the only bidder who turned up, and got it at the opening bid price.
I wonder what would have happened if he wasn't there.
He's flying the living daylights out of it, and it does all he asks of it
Like he says he's just there to 'run it out', then 'part it out'.
But he's already out grown it, and is looking for something else.
I think he wants a Grumman Tiger next.
Last edited by button push ignored; 22nd August 2017 at 14:01.