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Unread 09-10-21, 10:49 AM
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First off, it has four seats in it, not six. I've spoken to the owner, at least the daughter of the owner who died. The daughter is not a pilot and knows nothing about airplanes.

The plane has been sitting out on the ramp for 15 years, and has been partially disassembled. Parts are missing and oh, by the way...THE LOGS ARE INCOMPLETE!

It was washed and brought into the hangar for the photos. It is severely weather-beaten.

Spoke to the shop that used to maintain it. They said no compression left in engines (that's why it quit flying). Its not clear if the cranks are VAR or not, because INCOMPLETE LOGS.

She started out asking $105k, she'll be lucky to get $25k.

At a minimum, you will need two new engines, a paint job, a good avionics shop to clean up the mess in the panel, and an understanding IA who will try his best to keep the annual under $30k. The airplane has not been annualed since 2005.

You could easily spend another $150k on this airplane getting it into shape.

Maybe Bill Crews could broker it? "Light Project Riley Rocket - Just annual it and fly away!" LOL

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