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I just read recently in one of AOPA's issues that there are roughly
450,000 pilots in the U.S. and little over 100,000 GA planes...
Classified ad business is huge

It is not, that is not a big market. How many golfers are out there?
25 million?



.... I understand that a lot of baby
boomers are airplane owners

You understand wrong. You already said there are 100,000 GA planes. If
every one was a Cirrus owned by a boomer it would still be a trivial number.



I would actually make plans to visit the closest sellers and
inspect some airplanes. Instead I am circling ads in Trade-a-Plane
and making the best of it...

Why this fascination with an auction site to buy a 172? They are
everywhere. You shouldn't have to travel more than 300 miles to find a
good 172 to buy.