RE: Oh, shit! This is an expensive new hobby, OMFG !
August 19, 2016 at 7:50 pm
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2016 at 7:50 pm by johan.)
(August 18, 2016 at 11:48 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: But damn, if something happened to it . . .If something happened to it what? Its in airworthy condition. It NEEDS to fly in order stay that way. Because the simple fact is NO ONE is going to spend the coin required to keep an aircraft like that in actual airworthy condition and then not fly it. Again, planes that fly are cheaper to maintain than those that don't. Also Museums are susceptible to damage too. So putting it in a museum in no way shape or form guarantees it will be around forever.
And like it or not, there's going to come a day when anything that can reasonably pass as avgas will simply not be available anywhere. So sooner or later, they'll all sit on the ground and rot if they still have original powerplants installed.
The bottom line is this. You have zero responsibility for the fate of that airframe. Take a ride or don't, but rides will still be given no matter what you do. Despite popular wisdom, butterfly wings do not actually cause hurricanes.
