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Greg Copeland wrote:
I recently read an article where the author recommended paying for an
annual versus a pre-buy inspection.

My airspeed indicator wasn't checked during the annual. It wasn't even
checked during the prebuy inspection. I did take a test flight and saw
it go up and down, but if it had been intermittant I wouldn't have known.

I think the lesson here is that if you're going to be an airplane owner
you can't let a $2500 maintenance bill get you down. Buying one of the
least expensive production planes (and I think an older C-152 qualifies!)
doesn't change that. Somewhere between C-152 and pressurized, cabin class
twin that goes up an order of magnitude.

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Ben Jackson

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