Two years ago I bought my 80" 152. It had about 13,000 hrs on the airframe and 2,000 on the engine. It was owned most of its life by a flight school where I also trained. All control rigging was replaced around 12,000 hrs. In talking with the chief mechanic, he felt that there was no need to replace the cables, after inspecting the old rigging after the job was completed. I have done 2 owner assisted annuals on the plane and there is no concern about the airframe hrs. I paid $20,000 for the plane. It was hangared all its life. A good soure for information is to go to the AOPA website and do an aircraft valuation.
Jim Hatzenbeller (6125B)
