I would recommend taking a few minutes to work your contacts. I found mine recently by calling up the manager of the small field I wanted to base out of. He put me onto a nearby A&P buddy who had two: one he was selling for his customer, and he gave me a ballpark number on his own ship. I flew both, liked his in particular, and we made a deal. I ended up with an H for 15k, 1400 SMOH, and after a month of getting-to-know-you I'm really pleased with what I got for the money.

I got lucky but might not have if I stuck to the classifieds. This airplane wasn't even on the market, but when a prospective buyer showed up, magic happened. If you explore your local options, maybe you come up short ... it don't cost nothin to try.

I have complete logs on this one, but the Citabria I had before was missing old logs before I think the 1980s. Over the decade I owned it, I came to know she was solid and we got a perfectly fair price when we had to let her go.

Jason

Last edited by Jason Staloff; 08/06/20 09:47 PM.
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