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    Real Cost of Ownership: Helicopters (Bell 47)

    My AMEL DPE is a really big helicopter guy, and he gave me all of his numbers straight-up. It is crazy, and I now have a lot of respect for those who persevere through and obtain their CP for helo. http://realcostofownership.blogspot.com/2013/09/why-fly-when-you-can-beat-air-into.html
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    Real Cost of Ownership: The Affordable Plane

    Based on some of the feedback I received and posts I saw, I decided to take a step down to one of the most affordable to purchase and fly aircrafts out there for analysis. There are plenty of Piper Cubs and the like which are cheaper to operate, but thanks to being categorized as light sport...
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    Piper Apache for sale: $19,000

    I ended up keeping her for another year and building XC and hood-time. Here's a link to some pictures from the 1st: She's coming out of annual this week. Engines/Props checked out fine, PM for details, etc. She's currently based out of Waukegan, IL (KUGN)
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    Lowballers

    I decided to start counting after the third one, I've had 9 conversations that have gone like this: "Hi I'm calling/emailing about the Apache" "Hi there, <insert copy & paste response>" "Yeah, that's a really great deal. I'll give you $(5,000~8,000)." "./sigh <click>" :mad2:
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