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Take a look at www.busaircraft.com. [busaircraft.com.] A "new" '79 Cessna 152 for only $75k. Has less than 500 hours and has been in storage.

http://www.busaircraft.com./aircraft.php?pagenum=3&totalrows=32&id=109

Nice. I wonder what effects are of sitting in storage for 20 years are like on a plane?

I'd rather spend that $75K on a 152 with higher time but loaded with modern avionics.

There is one listed on barnstormers for ONLY 89,900.00. Are these people out of their mind? One could take a low time airframe, strip it, put on all the upgrades, engine, stol, paint, interior, avionics etc and not have anywhere near that in what would be better than what is listed for 75-90k. Has one of these "crazy overpriced" 150's ever been sold at these #'s? As much fun as they are, why would anyone spend that kind of money on a 150? There are a bunch of options when the $'s get to those #'s.

Kevin

According to the online evaluation tool on Trade-a-Plane, $32,400 should be about right.

To bad he's asking an arm and a leg for it,, I bet at $50,000 he get a bunch of interest fairly fast. It does seem that when ever someone is looking to buy,, the mind set does seem to look for a lower time airplane versus higher time. Hence, perceived higher value on lower time airframe,,

I think the statement "bought as a Collectors Item" says it all. It is a sweet airplane, but still a 30 year old 152. As a Collectors Item or art object it is probably worth every penny. However for $75,000.00 you could buy 3 or 4 Cessna 150's and just throw them away when they brake....

Interesting,
If I was the owner of this plane, I would probably try to sell the plane to a museum, rather than a pilot, wich in my opinion would be the way to go, with this particular neat 152. He probably have more chance to get his price, selling it as a static display, rather than trying to sell it on the regular market.

Is Cessna out of their mind, $111,000.00 (base price) for a Skycatcher?

If the airplane was purchased as a collector’s item would it have over 500 hours on the clock? I don’t think so. I have a friend that has a ’56 T-bird with a total of 6 miles on it, that is more like a collector’s item should look like. Somehow I can’t completely trust anyone who makes a false or misleading statement, particularly in an ad.

I didn’t see anything in the ad that indicated that the plane had been pickled. As far as I know the plane has been in flyable storage for over 40 years. Not a good thing!

It has been said that there is a buyer for every item. It will be interesting to see if he can find one for his 152.