Charles,

The cost of aviating is increasing and made a major increase after
9/11.

The result is that most people have had to move down one notch in
plane ownership:
- Doctors who used to buy new bonanza's are now getting used ones,
- (Lawyers are too scared to fly)
- Engineers that use to have Mooney's now get Cessna's or cherokees.
- Blue collar workers who used to get 182/172's now get 150/2s.

Also, more people are looking at total cost of ownership, which favors
the lower maintenance cost of single engine, fixed pitch, fixed gear
simple planes.

The result is:
- more demand at the bottom end and solid pricing for 150/2.
- Less demand for the older bo's and Mooneys.

Mitch - That my $0.02...Businessmen buy jets



"Charles Talleyrand" wrote in message ...
Anyone want to guess the medium term price trends for a C-150?
By medium term I mean the next five-ish years.

My guess would be "more of the same" meaning increases of a few
percent a year with mild year-to-year variations.

The only effects I can see are whatever's left of the upward bounce-back
from the 9-11 price drops, any price drops that might occur becuase of
the current political trends against general aviation, and the possible
coming influx of "Sport Light Airplanes".