Nice one, really.
Nice one indeed!
This Bonanza is now back on the market. In Romania. It has been D-reg’d.
JasonC wrote:
Chris, buying planes is easy. Sell it.
Agreed. Sell it.
At least Chris did have an amazing trip in 2018, all the way to Kastelorizo. Both of us made it there.
Hi Chris sorry to see you go. But adventure beacons. After a carefree lifestyle you might not want to come back to the anally over regulated and disturbed world of European General Aviation. But then again you might want to take up residence in the US where you can fly and sail to your hearts content.
Oh my! I would dream to fly it. I think price is not so high for such plane, it won’t stay on planecheck for long.
Impressive am guessing with turbo normaliser and tip tanks capable of 190 KTAS and 1,000 NM IFR.
The Bonanza has the ability with it’s tough gear to land on some semi improved landing strips.
I recall a pirep on the V35TC back in 1966 which claimed 225 KTAS at FL240, although in those days people used mph and feet. 190 KTAS is probably reasonably conservative.
Now on planecheck for 225k€, which I think is a a good price for this capable, snag-free airplane, despite it being 40 years old.
There comes a time in life for most of us from when on, things are seen with such perspective that self-fufillment is very much intertwined with seeing to the fufillment of others.
Just by age and experience, my guess is Chris is by now either close or past that time…
Well, from that point of view, @AF ’s option is by far the best. Seeing that not only your pride and joy is taken care of , but that it helps another person or family or group enjoy the privilege of flying a nice touring aircraft around Europe and hearing their fun stories can be as fulfilling, if not more,than flying yourself.
Of course as discussed above the key things are the right person and the right arrangement. As a minimum, the person should pay all running, hangar, insurance and maintenance costs to keep the aircraft in the same or better condition. It’s only for upgrades where the owner might have to get involved in decision making. Such ‘customer’ would avoid most of the financial costs of ownership and depreciation, but may take the burden of expensive maintenance items whose degradation was not caused entirely by himself. Perhaps with the exception of the engine, but that item depends on current TSO and the particulars of the arrangement. Some deposit may be in order to ensure incentivation is maintained throughout the period, and perhaps a small (50EUR?) hourly fee to help financially self-justify not selling the asset. Higher-fee arrangements would be too demanding as then surely some of the fee would have to be applied towards aircraft keeping and then the owner would have to be regularly involved in the management, which would not be practical.
I cant imagine that, with Chris’ background, there is no trustworthy person that may fit in that role.
