[dmcummins]

Ive started my lessons and also started looking at planes to buy. I know it's cheaper to rent, but I'm planning on buying. And no partners either. So I'm thinking that I could swing 50K or so, but of coarse would rather spend 35k.

So that puts me into the Cessna 172, Cherokee 180/160, and Mooney M20c range. And they are all going to be over 30 years old to fit that budget also. So does anyone here have any opinions on one of these, or one's that I may have missed. I'm not planning on buying anything for a while, just trying to do some DD at this point.

Most trips will be in the 200nm range to visit relatives. I would also like to think that we would use it for the occasional vacation in the 500nm + range, but I'm not sure about that yet. And there would be a lot of just joy rides, site seeing around the local area.

Any thoughts?