I bought two Cessna 172 's for $11,400.
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- In 2019 I took a gamble on buying two cessna 172p's in South Korea. Finally got around to posting these videos of us getting it shipped out of the country. Will post a part 2 with reassembly and how it turned out.
I was wondering how you had all of that "free" time that you could spend on this project.... then I saw your rank! As an Army 11B we always wondered where the CWO's were at. They seemed to have unexplainable powers of invisibility. Ha Ha...😂
Lol it helps, it all was during leave or weekends, but wore the uniform when I had to get guys thru the gate with less hassle.
Wow that was the plane I did my first solo flight in August 10, 2021! And I literally just finished my license less than two weeks ago. I really miss flying that plane. I never knew what the story was behind it.
I flew each one of those aircraft and mat have my name on a couple hundred hour inspections in the logs
Flew C-150's at Camp Humphreys years ago. Good club there at the time. I did many hours of flying at Rucker. OH-58..and fixwing at Enterprise Airport...great Airfield! A legend (BUCK) was the head man on the flightline....Good luck!!
Deal of a lifetime right there
When you gotta go, you gotta go....
2 172's for $11,500.00 good. But how much was all the cost of the material to build the crates and the cost for transporting shipping paperwork the fines the korean company that you mentioned that didnt pay that you had to end up paying and the amount you had to pay an A&P to put the aircraft back together? Separate figure from the $11,500 purchase of the airplanes?
What an amazingly supportive wife and family you have!
You got a great deal and so glad your family supported you in this venture. Be careful and enjoy those planes!
That 53 is Navy it's one of my birds we are down In pohang lol I was told there was a flying club out here this video answered my question to what happened lol
N62502 was the plane that I did all my cross-countrys in. I love that plane. 🦍🗿
If my memory serves me correctly, your 62502 was part of the AERO Club at Kelly, AFB, TX. I flew it and was Maintenance Officer for the Club, which was later disbanded.
It was indeed! Went to Osan after the kelly club closed.
Interesting and impressive, but at the start, it displayed “Part 1.” So where are parts 2 and 3? I’d really like to see the rest of the story.
Amazing story!
And maybe I shouldn't be surprised to know that there used to be flying clubs for the US military, overseas.
Do they still play the national anthem before the movie at US military bases?
Yes they do!
yea we still have Aero Clubs over here....Yokota and Kadena's clubs still goin. I'm Chief Mechanic at Yokota's we're about to get 3 new DA40's and a DA42!
@@b1crwdwg269 I contacted the Kadena club there after I got these, looks like I’ll have to keep an eye on them so see if they sell the old ones
@@b1crwdwg269 excellent to hear!
@@b1crwdwg269 I was stationed at Yokota AFB 1972-1974
Sorry to see that N51547 was destroyed in a crash in 2021 out in Washington.
I was stationed at Yokota AFB 1972-1974. While there I was transferred to Kunsan AFB working on F-4's supporting Vietnam. The base is at the southern tip of Korea. It also had a flying club there.
I started flying at the Osan Aero Club 1991-1993!
That wasn’t Riker’s way of protesting the National Anthem was it ?😂 All kidding aside, great buy on those planes ! Wow, wish I could stumble across a deal like that ! Cute kids too !
Man u got the best deal out there.i wish I could find a cheep plane.ive been saving for years just to get my ppl and I'm 30 hours in. U got lucky .
The market for the 172s once you get them assembled and airworthy let me know
Defiantly a well earned project. Nice job!
Congrats on your buy, I remember or don’t think they had a flying club in Korea many years ago when I was stationed there. Good luck!
I went through basic training with Taylor. I just stumbled on your video and had no idea that was the Taylor you were talking about until he told me he bought a plane in Korea. What a small world.
Small world indeed, I couldnt have done it without him!
You stole both those planes great buy!!..
I'll pay you 11000 for one!!!
u need to use mic coz so soft ur voice
Great Story
Show this to your son in about 20 years...lol. Great buys!
Look forward to more updates
Good video
I just flew both of these in New Braunfels this week 😑
You bought the Aero Club birds?!?! I'm the Mechanic down at Yokota
So we're about to break down two of ours (t41s) to send to Cannon....you got plans for these crates?!
Are they going to a club at cannon? Any spares haha I’m always looking for more. I ended up saving all the wood and using it on building projects here
@@libertygarage1918 our two T41s are AF assets, will be transferred to the cannon AeroClub, but 2 M models due to be sold…although we may keep one of the two exclusively to keep our Tokyo tours viable (high wing vs low wing).
@@libertygarage1918 where did you get the plans to build these crates? Online or your own design? Got it written down?
My Brother told me when he was over there that they made sure to turn up they anthem before they played ours
So exciting
Shipping cost is up at $5,000 to $7000 to the states
What strengthening has the pallets in the create box construction, so the folk lift can be centered and not sag each end?
🌏🇭🇲
The base was 3 rows of 16ft 4x4 covered by3 sections of 4'x8' 3/4" plywood. The sides extended down and were screwed into that base layer with a 2x4 running down the length of the top of the base. With the side sheets offset to overlap the bottom sections so no seams were aligned. The rest was 3/8" plywood. It ended up incredibly strong and rigid.
Very cool👍🏽
Nice job.
wtf
Apprioximately how much will you need to spend to make one of the cesnas air worthy?