Used avionics - who knew?
Tags: Avionics
Everything aviation related is expensive. I once bought a flashlight worth over $30. Except that I bought it from an astronomy website and paid only about $12. When I bought my Grumman Tiger I invested in a lot of new avionics. Very expensive, new avionics. The old stuff that I ripped out of the plane has been sitting in a box in the attic ever since. My wife wanted to throw the junk away but I kept it. And just a few minutes ago I realized with some shock how much this old stuff is worth on eBay - it's nuts. Sure, it pales in comparison to the cost of the new avionics, but since my ELT apparently just gave up the ghost all this old stuff may pay for a pretty good chunk of a new one. For starters, the very old Narco NAV 121 that I pulled out to make room for a $10,000+ GPS looks like it might still be worth almost $1000! Who knew...? Gotta love eBay. I have some work to do now.
Everything aviation related is expensive. I once bought a flashlight worth over $30. Except that I bought it from an astronomy website and paid only about $12. When I bought my Grumman Tiger I invested in a lot of new avionics. Very expensive, new avionics. The old stuff that I ripped out of the plane has been sitting in a box in the attic ever since. My wife wanted to throw the junk away but I kept it. And just a few minutes ago I realized with some shock how much this old stuff is worth on eBay - it's nuts. Sure, it pales in comparison to the cost of the new avionics, but since my ELT apparently just gave up the ghost all this old stuff may pay for a pretty good chunk of a new one. For starters, the very old Narco NAV 121 that I pulled out to make room for a $10,000+ GPS looks like it might still be worth almost $1000! Who knew...? Gotta love eBay. I have some work to do now.
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