So here’s the thing!

By Larry Shapiro

Larry ShapiroI know as you read this you will be thinking, has Shapiro gone nuts again?  Naaah, it’s just that I have said this so many times I keep hoping it will stick.  Semi-crashed or destroyed airplanes are worth more when parted out rather than fixing and trying to sell them.

I feel the same way about tired, worn out high-time trainers.  When you pass 10,000 hours as a trainer, it might be time to head for the junkyard. The doors and wings are worth lots and as a rule, we won’t accept an airplane that old to sell and especially to a zero-time buyer.  If some high-time dude wants one, that’s a different story.  He’ll know what he’s getting into. As the saying goes, “Ya gotta know when to fold them” before they fold.