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Hi Liz,
What Plane are you building? I would like to add Try not to get emotionally involved with an airplane until after your purchase. When people buy cars they tend to buy a pretty one over the one that best suits them. In other words try to be more analytical then emotional. You will have plenty of time to love it to death after your purchase! Good luck on finding the right plane for you and we hope to see you at Clinton 08.
WELCOME!!! WELCOME!!! WELCOME!!!

Jeff,

Thanks for the tip - I've added my location to my profile and may start a separate thread re what I'm looking for.

Chris,

I am building a Sonex - side-by-side, low wing, aluminum, taildragger. But, may be giving up that project and moving on to more of a craftsman's sort of plane (say, a Starduster) if I'm able to find a 150/152 to use for additional ratings and time-building (ie, have something to fly, then take my time enjoying the build).

Thanks for the advice and welcome.

Elizabeth

Get the seller to send a copy of the log books and plan on spending several hours looking over them.

You want to note if the total hours match the stated in the add match the log books, have ALL of the AD's and Service Bullitins (SB's) been done. SB's are often not preformed if the prier owners were planning on only keeping the plane for a short time.
and if SB's were ignored (because they are not mandatory) what else was skipped. Damage history may not be show stopper if it has been flying for some time after the repair with out any problems and the work looks good.

You can find a complete list of AD's and SB's in the Hanger section of this site by model number / year and there are good articals about buying your first plane.

Just because it said it's IFR doesn't mean the avionics are any good(are they 30 years old ?). look up each of the listed equipment to see if there are issues with them


The true value of a plane is in the avionics and engine.

One more thing, Do a web search of the tail number, you would be surprised at what you may fine.

Hi Liz,

Welcome! If you would like any info on Stardusters, please send me a PM. They are incredibly fun airplanes to fly and beautifully designed (next to 150-152's of course).

That is not necessarily true. A little closed-minded assumption, there.

Hey Liz,

Check out "The Biplane Forum" lots of great info..
I'm starting a Skybolt Project this fall when the weather
breaks. Middle Tennessee is really hot right now. Not wanting to weld in this heat! Good Luck!

Not specific about a '74 150, but back when I was looking to buy a plane, I studied ten years or so of NTSB reports for just about every single-engine plane out there.

What did I find wrong with 150s?

They run out of gas! Not much else!

Dr. Tom speaks the truth!

It is interesting to me about 150s running out of gas. I think the 22.5 gallons usable for 150s is just shy of a safe amount. With my aux tank I put in 7.5 gallons and fly with 30.0 gallons usable. For me that is the perfect amount for cross country trips. I can fly without refueling until I'm ready for a lunch break, refill, and fly until I'm ready to stop for the day.

Originally the LSA Cessna 162 specification said it would have 30 gallons, and I thought "Yes, they figured out the right amount." But the latest specs goes back to 25 gallon tanks with the unusable fuel less than than.