Because when posters try to quote a post that already has 2 quotes in it the forum software will complain. So the poster tries to remove the quote tag without properly removing the whole quote.

Every quote in a reply will have a square bracket quote tag with a name and a close quote tag. Messing with that will cause a quote mangling or mismatch.

They can be edited to be inline quotes and not nested quotes, but you need to do it carefully. I find it impossible to do without a mouse.

And the poster who mangle's a quote can go back and edit it so that the quotes are fixed

"Preview" is your friend.

I am so confused. Can someone tell me whether I need to tip more or tip less in order to increase aircraft inventory levels?

Thanks in advance!

Here’s a tip, there’s a thread for that dumpster fire here:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=203284

Back to the thread at hand. When I bought my conquest I in 2016 there were 31 for sale on controller. Today there are 2. Crazy.

https://www.controller.com/listings/sea ... rer=CESSNA

I think things are starting to turn. Six months ago I had 17 people on a waiting list for hangers at KCCR, now it's zero and there are two for rent.

Hmmm, me thinks that's more of an indicator of planes/owners moving away from your area, not disappearing ...

So 19 people got hangars in 6 months?? That seems impossible at an airport that size.

At KBJC, there has been a 5-15 year waiting list as long as I can remember (early 2000s at least). There has also been plenty of empty land no one builds on for some reason, I’m sure related to politics and/or money.

Hangars seem to be a regional demad issue whereas planes can move very quickly to escape taxes and regional anti-aviation policy. That said, I think the supply issue is softening ….maybe because sellers feel they can cash in right now. When the economy turns, I suspect inventories will go up and prices will drop. Prices for certain models currently are way over the inflation rate. This too shall pass.

Change in ownership of an airplane doesn't eliminate the need for a hangar.

The fleet is a relatively fixed size, so hangar demand should be relatively even when averaged across the country. You data suggests people moving away, not cooling of the market.

Mike C.

I believe waitlists have a lot of gas in them. I was on a waitlist for a hangar at one airport. I found a suitable hangar at another. Two years later my slot came up at the original airport. Was no longer interested. I was told at the time that this was not unusual.

The current state of things..

That's what we're seeing in the turbine world as well, so far the manufacturers are sticking pretty close to list price, but late model preowned aircraft are selling for more than a brand new airplane.

There's an almost new 2019 Phenom 300E that's about to hit the market. The broker says they'll be accepting offers through the first part of January and expect between $10.5M and $11.5M with the best offer / terms being accepted.

When we demoed a new 2022 just a few months ago we were looking at $9.6M

Scott,

Regarding the number of Conquests for sale, it is ONE, the other has a 1.15m offer that is being considered. The one that remains for sale seems like a timed out 425… maybe a parts plane.