Well, after reading your replies to a few of my other posts I am starting to slow down and be a bit more rational about my purchase decision.
How do you put a price tag on a dream? If Justina and I were tottally practical and tried to justify all the costs of our airplane. Frankly, we would have no airplane. In all practicality, we cannot afford it. But, we make it work. I figure our costs about half of your figure, however. But not out of line.
Can we ever justify our airplane ownership? There are only things one can get done with the airplane. Like our recent trip to the Idaho Backcountry in a weekend. Or, visiting our relatives in Montana over a long weekend. Buzzing over to the coast for just a morning, or afternoon. An early morning breakfast over the hills. All only made possible by the airplane. You just cannot put a price tag on that.
Owning and flying my own airplane has been a dream of mine since childhood. We are making that dream work. I guess it just depends on how much you want to live your dream?
