7 Things You Should Know BEFORE Buying an Airplane!

Don't buy an airplane without watching this video. This video explains some of the basic things you should know before you go out and purchase an aircraft. Knowing these 7 things will save you a lot of heartache! In this video, we discuss aircraft logbooks, engine overhaul, aircraft hangers, aircraft avionics, and much more!

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[geokeyes]

This guy makes his living selling time on his airplanes. HmmmK?
I got my PPL by purchasing a C150, and it was far and away the best thing i did !! I highly recommend this.
after getting signed off to solo, i flew everyday, and practiced every landing type...
i passed my checkride with ease, then sold the plane for the same as i paid.

[aviatortrucker]

Told my wife if we win the lottery I’ll buy a plane. Then when she wins the lottery we could cover the cost to own and maintain it.

[erincasey]

I appreciate you all SO MUCH. This is such a helpful video for those of us who are so overwhelmed by aviation. You do such a great job of making it digestible!

[piperarrowpilot]

When I purchased the piper arrow we agreed to take the plane within 100 nautical miles to the airport of our choosing to have the pre-buy done. The broker that was selling the plane actually helped us negotiate this. I do not think it is that uncommon to fly a plane within 100 nautical miles or so to the destination you wish do the pre-bye if you have money in escrow and a pre-purchase agreement signed stating that if the pre-buy is successful, you will immediately purchase the aircraft or pay to have it ferried back to the seller.

We also negotiated that because the seller claims that the aircraft was 100% airworthy at the time of sale that the seller would cover any airworthiness items discovered during the pre buy. This one is controversial but in my opinion, if the seller is claiming 100% that there is nothing wrong with the airplane and it is within annual and airworthy then they should be willing to back that claim up.

I’ve heard horror stories of people buying an airplane that just had a “fresh annual” and getting it back and it being a disaster and barely airworthy and now they’re stuck with this airplane.

[snowman]

This is awesome and eye opening guys. Great discussion!

[pjowviy]

I don't fly any longer but starting to experiment with some sim flying. Great video cast covered some great information that I can vouch is 100 percent spot on!

[johnprevette]

Great conversation! Thanks for all the info. A lot of this I've never heard!

[JB_Hobbies]

Fantastic content. Looking forward to the ADs episode.

[BonaFideDiva]

This was such a great, informative episode. I am considering purchasing and this is spot on, learned a lot!

[EchoKilo]

I’ve learned so much from this video. Thank you both.

[AaronHuffmanPerson]

What an amazing wealth of information! Personally, I plan on purchasing a plane to train and build hours on in a few years. I'm spending the leading time up to resuming training doing all the research and saving as I can.

[marcclarke]

I only now watched this video and it's so informative. Almost sorry to see it end as it only seem to scratch the surface of more that just aircraft purchase knowledge. I will search for any follow-ups. Great vid. (Barbados)

[rolandos]

Your explanation of how a sitting engine dies is well said!!! 100% accurate

[randaltotten]

Awesome points these guys are making! The local aircraft owner who is also an Aircraft Inspector told me "If you do not fly more than 100 hours per year, your best bet is to rent". That advice plus these videos will have me as a renter until I can prove to myself that I'll fly more than 100 hours per year. Still waiting for my PPL checkride, had to reschedule a couple of times for weather reasons. Great advice you two!!!

[johnpatrick]

First, decide why you are really buying a plane. Then really figure out how much flying you are going to do. Owning may not be logical since there are ownership costs involved.

[robgoffroad]

Great video! I'm buying my first plane and haven't finalized the sale yet, so I was eager to see this. Thankfully I've done all the recommended things. The log books are all there, all the ADs are complete, and the pre-buy came back with a few things... and the seller has agreed to take care of them without me even asking. They're also going to do a fresh annual even though it's good til October. It's an aviation maintenance shop so I imagine they want to keep their reputation intact.

[mathieusan]

would you know a source that had a comparative table of many common engines with overhaul cost estimates? (ideally from the same shop, for an apple-to-apple comparison). Could be useful to know this major cost expectation when looking at a particular airplane.

[jorgeetrevino]

Excellent video.
How true is it that rotax engines (912) aren’t as prone to corrosion than a GA engine, say a lycoming or contnentsl engine?

[seanmoody]

A leakdown teast will test the heads and valves a compression test will test the puston rings in a way

[zxr]

Another hangar problem first is getting a hangar without an airplane. Most airports won't even let you in without a fully registered plane first! ☹️