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The $100 Hamburger Guide to Buying and Selling Aircraft

by John F. Purner

A resale-minded guide to evaluating used aircraft

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A resale-minded guide to evaluating used aircraft

John F. Purner frames used general-aviation aircraft purchases around the eventual sale, treating resale potential as part of the initial buying decision. The guide presents a “Top Ten Buyer Wants” framework for identifying features and conditions that, in the author’s view, affect how difficult an aircraft may be to sell later. It also directs attention beyond airframe, engine, and propeller records to the current owner or pilot’s logbook, arguing that it can reveal how an airplane has been operated. Alongside inspection and selection considerations, the book discusses locating less-visible groups of sellers and weighs purchase timing and financing as parts of the transaction.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Prospective buyers of used general-aviation aircraft
  • Aircraft owners planning for eventual resale
  • Recreational flyers interested in aircraft-market decision-making

Themes

Used aircraft purchasingResale valueAircraft logbooksSeller sourcingGeneral aviation

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Book overview

Rule number one in aircraft buying is to always buy with an eye towards selling. If you can't buy today and sell tomorrow at a profit, don't buy! That's easier said than done, of course. This book tells you how to make that happen not just some time but every time. Buy an airplane that violates ANY of the "Top Ten BUYER Wants" and you Will Absolutely have trouble selling it. Eventually you will succeed but at a steep discount and with many sleepless nights beforehand. This book teaches what those "Top Ten Wants" are and how to find a group of sellers that NO other buyer knows anything about. It will also show you that the most important log book to review is the current owner/pilot's log book not his airplane's airframe, engine or propeller log books. His log tells you HOW the airplane was flown. This book teaches you why that's so important.Now is the best time in the history of earth to buy a used general aviation aircraft for two important reasons. First, the asking prices for used airplanes offered for sale are at an all-time low when adjusted for inflation and seen as a percentage of the purchase price of a similar new aircraft. Second, money is cheaper than it has ever been. The purchase of this book includes a FREE one year subscription ($17.95 value) to the $100 Hamburger website www.100dollarhamburger.com. It has been around for two decades and is the favorite website of recreational flyers.
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