On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:55:18 GMT,
wrote:


On 28-Mar-2006, Mark Hansen wrote:

He was referring to the lost revenue which could have been made
if you had invested the money rather than put it into the airplane.


But much of that will be recovered in the appreciation of the airplane.
Over the past 10 years, our Arrow has appreciated in value by an average of
about 5.5%/year. Not bad as investments go.

-Elliott Drucker

True. Most Cessnas aren't doing badly in that regard. If we ignore
lost "opportunity cost", think about what having your own plane gives
you. That's something that is hard to put a pricetag on.

John Szpara
Private pilot
Fiero Owner 2-84 Indy Pace cars, 86 Coupe, 88 Formula 3.4, 88 Coupe, 88GT