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Considering buying an airplane? Full catalogs on
Cessna and Piper aircraft, maintenance tips, financing and negotiating strategy for the
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Airplane
Ownership by Ron Wanttaja
This award-winning author explores the costs, benefits, and responsibilities of
aircraft ownership. He provides valuable information on selecting, purchasing, financing,
insuring, hangaring, and maintaining an airplane. He also includes ownership case
histories for older and modern aircraft. All the issues you need to consider before and
after you've bought your own airplane are explored. Wanttaja, winner of a 1992
Aviation/Space Writer's Association Award of Excellence for his book, Kitplane
Construction, guides you every step of the way, helping to ensure that you choose the best
airplane for the money. |
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The Illustrated Buyer's Guide to Used Airplanes by
Bill Clarke (1997)
This Fourth Edition offers a fully-tested step-by-step financial formula to
calculate and negotiate the best possible purchase of any aircraft. Plus: updated pricing
and availability information; advice on securing the proper insurance; tips on maintaining
and storing planes; guidance on where to go for airplane repair and parts; FAA
Airworthiness Directives governing specific aircraft; profiles of more than 100 plane
types. Featuring scores of photos, this smart, time-saving tool enables readers to acquire
today's hottest used airplanes-without getting financially burned. |
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Airplane
Maintenance and Repair : A Manual for Owners, Builders, Technicians, and Pilots
by Douglas S. Carmody
Filled with time and money-saving troubleshooting tips and techniques gathered from
hundreds of experienced mechanics, this easy-to-follow care manual includes: step-by-step
how-to for 29 FAA-approved non-mechanic procedures; savvy advice on how to select, use,
and care for tools; maintenance, diagnostic, and repair instructions; guidance in finding
the right mechanic-at the right price. |
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How to Make Your Airplane Last Forever by
Mary Woodhouse, Scott Gifford
This manual provides plenty of innovative ideas for increasing airplane longevity
by using the most recent techniques available. The authors focus on increasing the life of
aircraft through preventive maintenance and sound operating procedures. The benefits of
such a regimen are twofold. First, by establishing routine maintenance checks, airplane
owners can save money on emergency repairs. Second, by becoming more familiar with how
their planes operate, they can also become safer pilots. |
| Buying
and Owning Your Own Airplane by James E. Ellis |
| Illustrated
Piper Buyers Guide by Tom
Murphy, Hans Halberstadt |
| The
Cessna 150 & 152 by Bill Clarke |
| The Cessna 172 by Bill Clarke |
| The
Complete Guide to Single-Engine Cessnas by Joe Christy, Brian J. Dooley, Brian A. Dooley |
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