Jose Antonio

🙂 Thanks so much, Shawn. Nope, I don't have that kind of money. Thank you also for your very through answers yesterday. I'm trying to learn by putting your and rtk's messages against the ads. It looks like you and rtk had an exchange about N85PB in Ohio exactly a year ago (on the last page of this thread). I'm thinking of reaching out to the owner and asking for the logs and about the damage history.

Wow! Thank you for all this information, rtk! N85PB is cheapest and closest to MA, but as you pointed out N999VS is already E-LSA. No BRS, but the C172s I'm used to don't have one either. I messed up on N413PS... There's a couple of 2010 SportCruisers with the same color scheme and for around the same price for sale in Puerto Rico. I can think of worse things than island hopping to get one back over to the mainland.

Hi Everyone, I recently joined the forum to learn about the SportCruiser. I'm a returning student with 51 hours. My training abruptly ended in 2015, after my flight school's two C172 were involved in accidents at around the same time. I waited 4 months for the planes to return before giving up and moving on. I'm now in a different state (Central Massachusetts) and bitten by the aviation bug again. It seems a SC would fit my training and post training mission (day trips down to Cape Cod or up the Maine coast) and I've been looking at used SCs. I've spent the past week reading your many posts and have learned that there are issues with "First Gen" SportCrusiers, which explains their more "accessible" prices. I'm wondering if the members of this community could help by pointing out what they see when they come across an ad for one of these early planes. Do you see a lof of problems (that a first time owner should avoid) or do you see a great deal/opportunity? What would it roughly take (time and money) to bring one of these planes to current personal/legal requirements (ELSA conversion, fuel lines, landing gear, ads-b)? I'm interested in future IRF training for safety, so IFR equiped is important even if not IFR capable. Also, night capabilities would be nice. N85PB, 2008, Ohio for $62,000 N636SC, 2007, Texas for $66,000 N999VS, 2007, California for $75,000 N413PS, 2010, Puerto Rico for $75,000 Should I be looking at 1960s/70s C172s and PA28s instead? Thank you for your advice. Jose