What would you buy with a 50k budget?

Kirk Ellis wrote:


Are half century old airplanes still viable machines? It sounds scary
buying something that is almost as old as I am.

And remember, when you start looking at fuel burns most people don't
look at gas mileage, only how much an airplane can burn. Then
inevitably they pick something like a 172, 182 or a Cherokee that are
inefficient. They have their missions but cross country isn't one
they're good at.