Does this exist?
 

Thinking about purchasing another aircraft and to tick all the boxes it needs to be the following:-

- 4 seats so I can take the wife and kids away for odd weekends.
- On an LAA Permit so I can do my own work.
- Tailwheel / Vintage as I really enjoy these types most.
- Price ideally up to circa £40k....

Does such a thing exist? Cant seem to find anything ticking those boxes...

Regards

UA

Auster.

ifitaint...

I thought Austers only had 3 seats?

Jodel, Maule, luscome,

Jodel 1050 would indeed be one....

Maules are on a CofA and Luscombe is only 2 seats....

How about a Stinson 108?

Not entirely sure of the UK permit status, but thought it might be worth a mention. I know there are some in the UK.

Stinson 108 looks fantastic but alas its on a CofA.....

Is this CofA or Permit?
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Edit. Checked. Permit.

Cant see a DH251 on G-Info but all the DR250's are CofA.....

The 251 is the homebuilt 250.

Does this exist?
 

Have you considered a Cessna 195? !947 tail-dragger with 4 seat capacity and a nice big round iron engine. Can be sourced in the States, and a nice one will cost in the region of $70k. :O

SF 260 without doubt, superb

Fuji 180 - four seats to boot and lots of luggage room

You will struggle to find good examples of both, but they do exist and are for sale.

I agree that it's superb but which of the above does the SF260 tick?

SF260 is somewhat off the criteria but I already have a Cassutt for zooming around at 200+mph and I'm planning on keeping that!

This is a family barge I'm after for weekends away and for those lazy summer afternoons pootling around low and slow and visting local grass strips etc......(you can tell I've been flying a SuperCub of late!)

Fuji and C195 are both CofA and the Fuji is not really what I'm after, I was flying a G1000 C182T until recently and whilst its great as a tourer I didnt really enjoy actually flying it that much.

There must be something? Have to say Jodels dont realy do it for me but something like a 4 seat Luscombe on a permit would be perfect...

I shall keep searching.....

The Jodel 1050, Auster + possibly the Jodel 140 (if you can get one for the price) are the only LAA approved aircraft that tick all the boxes.

Rod1

My Auster j5g has four seats



Austerwobbler :ok:

Beagle Husky D5-180

Piper PA-14 Family Cruiser?
Piper PA-20 Pacer (or PA-22 with tailwheel conversion)?

The vast majority of these aricraft are not on a permit!

Pa20/22 and 14 probably should be - but are not. Ditto Stinsons. You might find a D140 right at the top (or possibly beyond this price range). The obvious answer is Auster. Most of the larger ones are at least 3 seats some are 4 - particularly the Lyco powered ones.

Start with the list in CAP747 for the A listed aircraft and then try and discover which types have been allowed to switch to an LAA permit rather than staying with a CAA CofA...

Would be handy if the LAa published a full listing of permit types but I do not think they do - only the homebuilt types with TADS and that is not complete.

It is your requirement for 4 seats that really limits the choices........ realistically how many flights will you need four seater ?