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> The 172 is CHEAP! You can pick up a Skyhawk for under $30k. Maybe 20 years ago. A new one is $300k now, and pretty good used ones with steam gauges are $60k
by redis_mlc 6y ago
> The 172 is CHEAP! You can pick up a Skyhawk for under $30k.
Maybe 20 years ago.
A new one is $300k now, and pretty good used ones with steam gauges are $60k. A 2000-hour engine overhaul is $20k to $25k and outside tie-downs in the Bay Area are $500+/month.
San Jose Reid-Hillview is being closed, so keep that in mind.
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- DrScump 6y agoSan Jose Reid-Hillview is being closed, Not for another decade at the earliest. I suspect that the next departure of one of the 3 pro-closure Supervisors will flip the 2031 strategy, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid-Hillview_Airport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid-Hillview_Airport
- redis_mlc 6y agoWe'll see, but NIMBYs have made a concerted effort for decades, and it looks like they finally figured out an argument that will work. The only way the closure will be stopped is if the State says it's needed for San Jose-area earthquake relief, which it is, and a politician realizes another one cannot be built later in a dense urban area. (SFO, SJC and OAK operate as one airspace in the Bay Area. SFO has limited capacity during fog because the runways were built too close together for simultaneous IFR operations. So RHV is pretty handy to keep in operation, unless, of course, you want to develop a new subdivision in the Evergreen area of San Jose.)
- DrScump 6y agoSanta Clara county already took federal funding for commitments to 2031 (and spent all that long ago). No way can they afford to reimburse that.
- bdash 6y agoTie-downs at Palo Alto are more like ~$170/mo