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whats the recient history.
Time sucks for normal things, but an engines history can tell a lot. When was the time put on? was it all in the first years or was it in the last years? If it was in the first few years, i would be more suspect. if it was in the last few years, i would feel very comfortable. If it was mostly old time, that should reflect in the asking price, ie engine rebuild time may be near. Fly it and then get a good prebuy Dave tony roberts wrote: Don't ask us if it's any good. The ONLY way to tell that is with a thorough pre-buy inspection by someone who knows what they are doing. How long since annual? If you are serious it may be worth negotiating with the owner to put it through annual and you pay the prebuy portion. As you describe it, the plane may be in great shape - it may not - thaqt's why you need at least the pre-buy. But you do have a great bargaining chip! Good luck with it. Tony |
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