"Gerry Preston" wrote in message
...
...and wondering if anyone here has bought a factory-new plane
recently. . .

I bought a new C-172S in December 2001 out of Cessna factory
inventory, through a local Florida dealer. The dealer
wouldn't budge off MSRP, but Cessna incentives amounted to
about $7500.

The market for aircraft has sorta "tanked" in the past couple years, just
like for cars.

Last November, our company bought a 2001 CJ1 from a former dot.com owner and
got about half a million bucks (?) off, it being a "distressed" sale.