John,
Best of times, you are right. I too did the same coaching....including starting a pop warner program with friends and watching 6 years later as we won State. Same kids won State in Lacrosse on Friday night. My son is just finished with freshman year in college and my youngest is now off to boarding prep school. Empty nest has it moments but I have to admit I miss them. I also am trying to adjust to the fact that they soon won't be coming home for Summer vacation as they launch their own lives. We are close...and I specifically bought the A36 so I could get to them no matter what.

I am watching that Cessna 150 thread carefully....would love to get a plane for them both to learn in.

Best Regards,

Kevin

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That is the question.....

That kid seems tall for his age.

Fellow Beach talkers. Still looking for a really good Cessna 150 for my kids to learn to fly. prefer 70's airplane. must be in great condition. if anyone knows where one is please PM me now. Thanks all

Peter

Peter,

I apologize for the thread drift, mainly attributable to me.

God speed my friend. Whatever you do to involve yourself in your children's lives will come back to pay great dividends.

As for the 150, I honestly can't remember the last time I even saw one. I still wouldn't limit myself to one airplane model. In this market, incredible deals come up almost everyday. A few months ago a really nice, plain, Musketeer came on the market for $16,000. I called the afternoon it was listed and it was already sold. I didn't even want the airplane!

Good luck.

Jgreen

Peter I would jump all over Scotts plane, it is really everything it appears to be

Stick with the 150/152 they are a proven design. I have seen C-152's with 20,000+ hours and still going strong. It's a testament to how well designed there are. No major negative qualities and extremely easy to maintain. Be patient and wait for a good one if your family is going to be using it. There are good ones out there.

We found a C-152 for my wife to learn to fly. It now has 900 hrs TTAE. So. there are good ones out there. I like flying the C-152 for short trips. They will cruise at 125 mph on 5.5 gal/hr.

we used to own a really nice 1976 150. It had about 7000TT and 500SMOH. We owned it for two years, sold it in ´04. Flew it to oshkosh (Green Bay actually), and got talking to some people in the hotel´s elevator, who had flown in from CA in thier 210 (also owned a duke) and they asked us what we had flown in, dad said "150" to which they replied "wow you´re brave" and dad said "no... we´re patient"

http://www.christiansenaviation.com/

They have several 152s's for sale, 16,000 to 20,000 hours TTAF.

Don't laugh so quick. I've done a handful of prebuy's for their customers and I found overall the planes were very good values for the money.

Christiansen has been in business for 40 years and probably owns 300-400 + trainers.
The maintenance shop has the experience and knows the weak points of the planes.
Most planes have had 100 hours inspections since new.

The cosmetics may be lacking but the airframe will be sound.

By the way, get a 152 with the Sparrowhawk conversion. 125 HP vs. 110 stock HP.

Myself, I love them, but if I was buying, I'd get a 172!

An older Lycoming powered 172 is not much more money and far greater in usefulness.

Here is a 150 for sale locally. Owned by a good IA. 10 hours SMOH about 4000 TTAF

918-408-2848

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