Getting rid of an unwanted cherokee
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Getting rid of an unwanted cherokee
A group I know of has a PA28 140 which everyone has fallen out of love with 
The thing keeps incuring hangerage and insurance. It is very high hours on the airframe (16,000+) and about half life on the engine. In this market and with regulatory costs as they are the bottom has fallen out of the market for this type of aircraft. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to dispose of this white elephant? Are there companies or individuals who will take this liability, even if they pay next to nothing?
The thing keeps incuring hangerage and insurance. It is very high hours on the airframe (16,000+) and about half life on the engine. In this market and with regulatory costs as they are the bottom has fallen out of the market for this type of aircraft. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to dispose of this white elephant? Are there companies or individuals who will take this liability, even if they pay next to nothing?
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Are there companies or individuals who will take this liability, even if they pay next to nothing?
Advertise it in Pilot/Flyer etc for £5k and I expect you'll find a buyer provided it's still airworthy. As soon as the CofA expires, expect it to gather moss in the corner of an airfield somewhere.
Advertise it in Pilot/Flyer etc for £5k and I expect you'll find a buyer provided it's still airworthy. As soon as the CofA expires, expect it to gather moss in the corner of an airfield somewhere.
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I'll give you £3k for it, seriously
P.S If it's a "friend of yours" who is selling, why is your user name here the same as the website name for the pictures link on afors?
P.S If it's a "friend of yours" who is selling, why is your user name here the same as the website name for the pictures link on afors?
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In the pictures it doesn't look too bad actually...interior is in much better condition than many flying club planes I've seen. Is there any theoretical life in terms of hours for the airframe?
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friend of yours"
It is not in bad condition inside, but it is 40 years old and you can fly a new (ish) LAA aircraft at a fraction of the cost (as I now do)
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The engine ought to have a core value, for the exchange engine market. Presumably it is a common engine type.
A different approach is to break it up and sell the good airframe bits on Ebay. People who have done that with cars have reportedly done very well. Airframe parts are very pricey. You would need a CAA LAME to generate some paperwork for each part, and last time I looked into this kind of thing I was told (cannot vouch for the accuracy of this statement) that the donor plane needs to have a valid CofA at the time the part is removed. Might be easier to sell on U.S. Ebay - an A&P(/IA maybe) is AFAIK allowed to inspect a part and install it, which is exactly what the most gold plated EASA145 firm is going to do with it, anyway... I've successfully sold various parts on U.S. Ebay.
A different approach is to break it up and sell the good airframe bits on Ebay. People who have done that with cars have reportedly done very well. Airframe parts are very pricey. You would need a CAA LAME to generate some paperwork for each part, and last time I looked into this kind of thing I was told (cannot vouch for the accuracy of this statement) that the donor plane needs to have a valid CofA at the time the part is removed. Might be easier to sell on U.S. Ebay - an A&P(/IA maybe) is AFAIK allowed to inspect a part and install it, which is exactly what the most gold plated EASA145 firm is going to do with it, anyway... I've successfully sold various parts on U.S. Ebay.
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What a bummer! I was hoping to buy a share in this plane in the next few weeks but, having just spoken to a group member it looks like the group could well be disbanding, though it's not 100% certain by any means. Having had my licence for all of 3 weeks this would have been a lovely plane for me to fly (been up as a passenger and was quite impressed) so reading this thread is something of a disappointment, to put it mildly. Now it looks like I'll have to rent a 172 at £135 an hour.
With the low cost of the shares and the number of new pilots at Beccles I'm amazed that people haven't been falling over themselves to get a share in this plane.
I'm working in India at the moment so there's not a lot I can do except hope things change in the 6 weeks before I come home again.
With the low cost of the shares and the number of new pilots at Beccles I'm amazed that people haven't been falling over themselves to get a share in this plane.
I'm working in India at the moment so there's not a lot I can do except hope things change in the 6 weeks before I come home again.
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Squeegee Longtail16,000+ hrs A/F?
...Holy !!!!!. Can't see many modern types getting to that (Cirrus, Diamond etc). The old girl deserves to be put out to pasture (or maybe buried under one).
...Holy !!!!!. Can't see many modern types getting to that (Cirrus, Diamond etc). The old girl deserves to be put out to pasture (or maybe buried under one).