Fly your own twin to Gaston's next year

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drhunt

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On TAP today:
1970 B-55 PAID $140K, INVESTED $110K IN 3 YEARS, YOURS FOR $160K

Not counting "normal" ownership costs (insurance, fuel, hangar, etc.) that's an additional $30K loss per year. Who ever said owning a twin was cheap? ;)
 
Must have either really fixed it up; did a very poor pre-buy or had some very unfortunate events!!

I purchased an A-55 during this period and sold it for enough to recoup my original equity investment about 18 months later. Didn't put more than $10,000 in it for maintenance. A well maintained B-55 isn't that costly to keep up. Of course, you could have a major system fail. Some folks jump into a bad plane to begin with. Others just fall in love and start installing things they will renever recoup their money from.

One reason I purchased the P-Baron and am selling the A-36 is I wanted more capability and more up-to-date avionics. The Baron had all this done and was for sale for much less than it would have cost to put all this in. The A-36 will be a fine aircraft for someone more cost conscious that can live with fewed systems.

Best,

Dave
Baron 322KS
 
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