[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by Danskman
Found a couple different plane owners today that would consider a partnership. One guy, a Piper Tomahawk (I'm aware of it's reputation) wants $8k for a 1/4 share. Less than 50 SMOH. 2nd guy has a Cessna 172, with only 230 SMOH. Has one partner, looking for two more for a $15k share each. Both have their +/-'s.

Any comments?

Thanks...

Mike,

If you could hack the price difference feel that you would do better with the Cessna. Have flown a Tomahawk and its boring to say the least. Only thing going for it is that the visability is good, but its frigging ugly and most everyone feels that way about it. That said, it would be cheap flight time.

The C-172 is a well known airplane, holds its value very well and you can take 3 people and lots of gas (as long as their nickname is not gordo or bubba) and would do a lot of trips that the Piper would not. Most people fly 100-200 hours a year so 230 SMOH engine means that you could fly it for at least 10 years with no major maintenance to the engine, which is a plus.

The major question is: which one do you like? While the Piper may be butt ugly, some people like them and in the end its up to you. I like this:



JoeA