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Old November 5th 06, 05:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.owning
Doug[_1_]
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Default Aircraft Ownership Spreadsheet

Here are the ownership items.

FIXED COSTS
Hangar or tiedown
Insurance
Annual

HOURLY COSTS
Fuel
Oil
Maintenance (the big questionmark)
Engine and airframe and other reserves

If you look at what planes rent for, you will find a ballpark figure.
It's actually hard to beat rental costs unless you fly quite a few
hours per year. What you end up with are the fixed costs plus an hourly
cost, so you see, the more hours you put on it, the less it costs, per
hour. I have left out aquisition costs, depreciation, taxes and
interest rates. And those are signifigant also.