Even if cost is no object, the downtime is killer on piston twins. Not to mention youre doubling the number of failure points that could lead to an emergency. A single turbine is much safer than a twin piston.
That price is actually cheap for what you get, it’s relative my guy. 50k is dirt cheap for a house but expensive for a hamburger. Don’t take a nuclear physicist to understand this concept
@@HieronymousLex Honestly the video is kinda misleading. An owner wouldnt normally fly their citation, hence "biz jet". But an owner would fly their cessna 150, which was the thumbnail. There are a lot of GA aircraft and the video had to jump right into twin engines and biz jets. I feel like this youtuber is just fckin around with viewers by naming aircraft with huge upfront and maintenence costs and going well beyond the scope of realistic general aircraft ownership.
Yah Cheap has a completely different context in aviation. That's from a man with a 72ft SeaRay. I thought boats were expensive until I found this cherry King Air C90. I picked it up as a foreclosure so I got a good deal on it. The old owner lost or burned all the logs so I ended up spending more to get it re-certified than I paid for it.
If you find a 150 for 15 grand in annual let me know I’ll buy it immediately! Lol. God they used to be this price not that long ago. Now your talking 50k for a pristine 150/2. But what’s crazy is your 100% right about the new car. My friend just bought a USED Silverado and it was 50k. I’m shopping for a new van for my business. Last time I bought any kind of vehicle from a dealer was in 2012. It’s insane the difference of 10 years.
Only one thing that is cheap in aviation. That is baby birds in a nest. Unless that nest is in one of your engine intakes. That will still be expensive! 😂😂😂
I think a better thing to do, if possible, buy a share of a plane in a syndicate and chances are it's part of a club - meaning you have constant access and also maintenance is covered, landing costs are covered, all that is done for you, and if not, you get the fun of doing that.
My sisters father in law built his own plane in his basement. He was a high school shop teacher. It was a great little plane and flew like a bird no problem. All in under $15K.
Would it be cheaper to find an old used and rebuild it? Or buy all parts in a kit and build new from ground up? I'm no pilot or owner of any airplane so forgive my ignorance
I work at an airport and there’s like an 84 G-3 that comes in there every once and a while and god damn is it louder than an F-18 and one of the engines produces quite a bit of smoke at full throttle
Twin engines are cheap because there are high maintenance and slap the bill on you later. Also because you have to put in so many flight hours to get a twin engine license
Or you can buy an ultra light plane for anywhere between a few thousand to 30,000 or 40,000 and you dont need a pilots license. That includes ultra light helicopters
My flying instructor just flew a light aircraft from Ireland back to the UK which his non-pilot friend had just bought - with a very recent engine in it - for £13,000. In what way is a half million dollar plane CHEAP?
We just did an annual on a 206 from the 60s and it was 8k after they had already replaced a wing previously that year. Airplanes aren’t ever going to be cheap
Basically, after the "cheap" cost and maintenance you should have just bought a new plane and had the piece of mind and not have to worry about too crazy of maintenance for a little bit. But then of course you need the money to buy a new jet lol
No thank you. House, boat, plane can be a money pit. Keep just a very affordable car or rent one if you live in the city. You will be miles ahead of a broke person. Self control from desires and temporary temptations is the secret recipe in life.
Oh sweet less than a million let me grab my check book. I can't even afford to put myself through to anything beyond private. Last thing I will ever afford is to own my own plane and I do not live beyond my means.
