Cheap airplanes to buy

[dieselyeti]

The maintenance of an older twin could eat you alive. The purchase price is just the down payment.

[rogermoore]

Anything that flys, floats, or F#%ks… it’s much cheaper to rent

[prodigalpilot]

Here I am with an 80 year old champ I paid $19k for, $350 annual inspections and 4 gallons an hour…

[luisfigueroa]

Can get an old piper for 30-50k. Can get experimental/kit planes for 20-40k.

They also only require sport pilot license, which is only 6-7k of schooling

[versatec]

It's not the cost of a plane it's the cost of keeping a plane

[jamesmcd]

Yah Cheap has a completely different context in aviation. That's from a man with a 72ft SeaRay. I thought boats were expensive until I found this cherry King Air C90. I picked it up as a foreclosure so I got a good deal on it. The old owner lost or burned all the logs so I ended up spending more to get it re-certified than I paid for it.

[absoliutenuds]

You can get a decent 2 or 4 seater for 50-60k

[diqital_aviator]

I think a better thing to do, if possible, buy a share of a plane in a syndicate and chances are it's part of a club - meaning you have constant access and also maintenance is covered, landing costs are covered, all that is done for you, and if not, you get the fun of doing that.

[michaelshaw]

Only one thing that is cheap in aviation. That is baby birds in a nest. Unless that nest is in one of your engine intakes. That will still be expensive! 😂😂😂

[michaelqu]

I own a Vashon Ranger R7 and in 4 months I already spent $3000 on various airport fees, fuel, and maintenance and only got to fly it once a month. This is storing it at an airfield with a grass runway that's 1500 feet in length, the cheapest GA aerodrome. Count on at least $10000 per year just to own the cheapest aircraft.

[helicoptersandmore]

I mean the Cessna 150's at the cheapest at $15, 000 and most of them are cheaper then a new car!😎🤙🔥

[hc]

These frames due very expensive overhaul, sometimes even cost more than the value of it

[abrutus]

Here: the twin aircraft initially displayed is a Baron 55. You can buy a decent one in the 150-200k range. It will cost you around 350/hr to operate it. You are looking at around 40-45k a year to operate one with all your expenses covered. Plenty of you reading this can afford this and even more of you cannot. Remember, in America “expensive is a relative term” as there will always be somebody that can affoard toys an order of magnitude more expensive than you and me. Having said that, if you are one of the lucky ones that can, Good for you!

[aaronautry]

Would it be cheaper to find an old used and rebuild it? Or buy all parts in a kit and build new from ground up? I'm no pilot or owner of any airplane so forgive my ignorance

[RMSTRONG]

"Cheap aeroplanes to buy".. mentions a citation 🤡

[potentialypurple]

I work at an airport and there’s like an 84 G-3 that comes in there every once and a while and god damn is it louder than an F-18 and one of the engines produces quite a bit of smoke at full throttle

[twistedpixel]

You can build/buy an ultralight, lsa, or experimental for a few thousand dollars in a lot of cases.

[finnegangutierrez]

Why did he skip over single engine airplanes??? cheaper than what he's talking about.

[ExSoldier]

I’d rather get a one person Helo that’s deemed to be an experimental aircraft.

[jeremytaylor]

My sisters father in law built his own plane in his basement. He was a high school shop teacher.
It was a great little plane and flew like a bird no problem. All in under $15K.