wrote:
Hey folks,

I'm trying to decide which is preferable, a relatively low time plane
with missing logs or a higher time of the same model with all logs.

The first is a 65-year old plane with 1800 ttaf and 346 tsmoh. It's
missing the airframe logs from 1986 and older.

In some older planes, missing logs seem to be the norm vs. the
exeption. I've yet to find an Aeronca that has complete logs to the
1940'.s However, if the engine log is complete to the last overhaul and
all the ADs are signed off it doesn't seem to hurt the plane in the
market (as long as you have at least 20+ years back).