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Used avionics - who knew?

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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.

Posted by Bill Greenberg On 11/11/2009| Digg This | Permalink

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1 - A Grumman Tiger - I am not worthy! My favourite private plane, wings where they oughta be, you can get in and out both sides and you step down into it like a fighter. That and a Cheetah was what I learned to fly in (and a couple of hours in a Lynx). Unfortunately there are just not enough of them around - very hard to find in rental fleets.

One day when I'm rich and famous..... Emoticon

Posted by John Lindsay At 06:24:13 AM On 11/12/2009 | - Website - |

2 - I was lucky to stumble into the world of Grummans a few years back - lots of them at my airport (6B6) - back long ago when there was a flight school they taught in Grummans, too. It's definitely a great airplane. But you can have one too, just start small. Say, avionics, of which I have a bunch. Emoticon

Posted by Bill Greenberg - Good Computer Guy At 08:27:00 AM On 11/12/2009 | - Website - |

3 - Don't need them - I don't do any flying other than clear blue sky. Emoticon

2 Icom hand helds and I'd be set.
Volker posted a HD of people parasailing a few weeks ago and ever since I've been obsessed. DOn't know why - I can't imagine me doing anything like that. And yet....

Posted by John Lindsay At 11:58:41 AM On 11/18/2009 | - Website - |