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That's Amazing. I always loved those. Do you anual it or is it under a maintenance program?
If you anual it what are your average yearly cost including fixes?
I designed an executive interior for one last year. It was never finalized as the owner went through a nasty divorce and the plane was sold. His divorce included selling our Engineering drawings, burn test, and DER approvals to the new owner. It was a fun plane to work with and I respected how much then owner loved the plane.
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I have it annualed every year. If nothing serious needs attention, it's around $12k for the annual. Every 3-5 years something goes haywire though. This year, it's the fuel cells (5). They finally started leaking, and they're all original 1962 cells except for one of the wing cells that we replaced a few years ago...with a cell produced in 1960. So here I sit, looking up at a cloudless blue sky, awaiting a $4,900 center fuel cell that damn well better show up before this weather pattern changes!
I live in an expensive place to store airplanes; my tiedown is $337/month. No hangars available for a 50' wingspan near me, and they'd be $3,500/month if there were. I block the airplane for 30 gal/hour (let's go fast!), but I can get it down to ~23 gal/hour burn if I'm gentle. So ~$130/hr. for fuel. I refuse to track any other costs; I'm better off not knowing.
On multiple occasions I've considered upgrading to a 980 Turbine Commander, several of which I've flown, except that this airplane fits my mission profile perfectly. There's really no good reason to make the leap. Every time I fly, I marvel at what an incredible piece of machinery it is.
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