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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,967
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If you have no hangar space, then its a C-172. The Citab is a lot more fun and you would be a better pilot after learning to fly in that but its covered in fabric and a fabric plane outdoors in a Montana winter would not work well.
If you can find a hangar or space in one then the Citab is a much better airplane for that "neck of the woods" but storage would be needed.
Annual on a fixed gear airplane can run from $2-300 (if you do the grunt work) to over $1000 if you hand the mechanic the keys and walk away.
I did what you are talking about years ago. Bought a C-150 then C-177 and flew them to get about 500 hours then sold them. Did not lose any money and got to fly them for about free so it worked out.
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