old man emu

Hi there OME, I saw an old post of yours- talking about 100 hour services, you seem to know what you are on about. I'm looking into the prospect of buying a plane to do my CPL training on, rather than hire the school's. Beyond the initial price of, say a Cessna 150 or 172, what do you think would be the ball-park cost? Do you reckon it would work out more economic to buy than hire? Cheers, Leonie