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A fixed wing aircraft is an expensive toy. A helicopter is like a yacht, really really expensive. Just finding a good qualified mechanic to maintain it, will be expensive. Find a local mechanic willing to get to your private hanger, and work on it.
We have a Cessna 182T as our "work pickup" and use it for business purposes only. The engine only starts when we have a client paying us for a project. It is still breathtaking to see the price of parts, and the fees a certified mechanic charges to install them. The FAA requires a certified mechanic do an annual inspection, and make 100% sure the aircraft is safe and ready to fly. Even finding a mechanic now is a challenge. Our long time great mechanic went and retired on us. Finding a new mechanic to fit us in the schedule, and do the work promptly is a real battle. And we keep our airplane in a nice hangar at a fairly busy airport.
Good luck with your dream. Start to hang out at a local pilots lounge, and soak up some tall tales of flying and aircraft. Get to know some pilots and get on the grapevine of who is a good mechanic, and who to avoid. Like every profession there are good ones and bad ones.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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