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GET THE BEST DEAL ON THE BEST PLANE FOR YOU With a focus on planes under $100,000 -- some as low as $20,000 -- pilot Bill Clarke's classic guide -- now fully revised and updated -- is a bigger bargain than ever. A book that can save you thousands of dollars, The Illustrated Buyer's Guide to Used Airplanes provides a photo-filled model-by-model look at the top used aircraft in today's market, as well as many hard-to-find models -- complete with prices, accident ratings, performance specifications, and airworthiness directives.
The most comprehensive, authoritative, and popular book on buying used planes available, this guide helps you with every step, from prospecting the market and sizing up planes to doing the deal and post-purchase priorities. The much-respected Illustrated Buyer's Guide to Used Airplanes is the source that thousands of pilots turn to when the time comes to buy a plane. It's the only guide to airplane purchasing you'll ever need.
STEP BY STEP TO PLANE OWNERSHIP
- Current prices and profiles, with photos, of more than 100 of the market's top used personal aircraft
- Evaluation and inspection of used airplanes
- Tested pricing formula for near-exact calculation of a plane's value
- Step-by-step negotiation to the best possible price
- Newly ranked models, updated airworthiness directives, and new regulations
- New chapter on light-sport aircraft
- Partnership options
- Personal needs assessment for pilots
- Deciphering classified ads
Synopsis
The best way for private pilots with limited means to obtain the plane of their dreams is to purchase a used one -- and there's no better way to buy one without getting burned than this heavily illustrated guide. Focusing on airplanes priced at $100,000 or less, the author walks readers through the entire process of purchasing a used plane: prospecting the market, determining a plane's true value, closing the deal, partnership, and much more.
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GET THE BEST DEAL ON THE BEST PLANE FOR YOU
The best way for private pilots with limited means to obtain the plane of their dreams is to purchase a used one -- and there's no better way to buy one without getting burned than this heavily illustrated guide. Focusing on airplanes priced at $100,000 or less, the author walks readers through the entire process of purchasing a used plane: prospecting the market, determining a plane's true value, closing the deal, partnership, and much more.
Synopsis
The best way for private pilots with limited means to obtain the plane of their dreams is to purchase a used one -- and there's no better way to buy one without getting burned than this heavily illustrated guide. Focusing on airplanes priced at $100,000 or less, the author walks readers through the entire process of purchasing a used plane: prospecting the market, determining a plane's true value, closing the deal, partnership, and much more.
About the Author
Bill Clarke is the author of over 20 books on aviation topics, including the best-selling Aviator's Guide to GPS, now in its Third Edition, also from McGraw-Hill. A veteran of the Air Force and the Washington, D.C., Police Department, Clarke is a long-time pilot and ham radio buff. He writes frequently for a number of publications on aviation, computing, electronics, and radio communications. He lives in upstate New York.
Table of Contents
Part 1: The Art of Buying and Owning an AirplaneChapter 1: To Own or Not to OwnChapter 2: Making DecisionsChapter 3: Determining Airplane ValueChapter 4: Before You PurchaseChapter 5: As You PurchaseChapter 6: After Your PurchaseChapter 7: The Sport Pilot LicenseChapter 8: The Light Sport CategoryPart 2: The Used Airplane FleetChapter 9: Two-Place AirplanesChapter 10: Four-Place Easy FliersChapter 11: Complex AirplaneChapter 12: Heavy HaulersChapter 13: Affordable TwinsPart 3: Alternative Airplanes, the Rumor Mill, and Ad FactsChapter 14: Alternative AirplanesChapter 15: Hanger Flying Used AirplanesChapter 16: Airworthiness DirectivesChapter 17: Conversions and ModificationsAPPENDIX A: NTSB Accident Ranking of General Aviation AircraftAPPENDIX B: Government Aviation Offices and ContactsAPPENDIX C: State Aviation AgenciesAPPENDIX D: Resources for the Small Airplane OwnerAPPENDIX E: Advisory CircularsAPPENDIX F: Makes and Models in the FAA Registry