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Old June 25th 08, 12:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Sunho
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Default Ratio of lease/purchase in general aviation

Among various options of buying/using a Cessna 172 or Cirrus Design
SR22 or any other similar light aircraft, how many percents fall under
each category below?

The options I know a

- Outright purchase: you pay the whole cost of the aircraft upfront
and own it

- Loan/purchase: you borrow money to buy the aircraft and offer it as
collateral on the loan

- Operating lease: you pay the leasing company to use the aircraft for
a certain period of time and return it at the end of the lease

- Financing lease: you borrow money to lease the aircraft on condition
that you buy it at the end of the lease

- Synthetic lease: something between the operating lease and financing
lease

A law firm has a neat summary of the above options at
http://www.coolinglaw.com/AIRCRAFT%2...%20OPTIONS.pdf