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- From: masys@nlm.nih.gov (Dr. Daniel R. Masys)
- Subject: Re: Cherokee 140 vs. C-172
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.192446.18567@nlm.nih.gov>
- Organization: National Library of Medicine
- References: <1992Nov23.155711.16741@nuchat.sccsi.com> <By6LMF.I5x@access.digex.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 19:24:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov23.155711.16741@nuchat.sccsi.com> conover@nuchat.sccsi.com (Mark Allen Conover) writes:
- >>
- >>If I am willing to settle for a three-person aircraft, why not purchase
- >>a less expensive PA28-140? The Cherokee-140's listed in TAP are roughly
- >>$7,000-$10,000 less than the 172's.
-
- Parts availability should enter into the equation, especially if you are
- going to get one that has entered the "nickle-and-dime-you-to-death"
- phase of spamcan life (somewhere around 15-20 years for most models).
- Piper parts production is, uh, not guaranteed, and the total number of
- 140's in the field is substantially less than the 37,000 172's that
- were built. Though parts for either can be scrounged from salvage
- yards, at least Cessna is still keeping inventories of part$ and provides
- Red Label AOG service for them which can get just about any factory-new
- part to you within 24 hours. (It sure is nice to be able to send a fax
- to the local Cessna dealer, and see that brown UPS truck drive up next
- morning. Expensive, but nice when your bird is broke and grounded).
-
- Dan Masys
- masys@nlm.nih.gov
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