Your next RV: An Airplane! price to sell - $28000 (troutdale airport)
Reply to: sale-729077568@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-06-22, 7:21PM PDT
- ‘66 Beech Musketeer A23A Custom III
- 1400 TT A&E Since New!
- Fresh Annual
- Meticulously maintained, new paint in ‘03, nav/com, mode C, intercom.
- A roomy, stable, safe and economical 4 place airplane. priced to sell $28,000.
The plane has been co-owned by three of us who are getting older and are flying less lately.
We have really enjoyed the plane and the co-ownership has been very successful.
So if you get two others to go in with you, it is a very affordable way to go.
And, we would be happy to share how our co-ownership was legally set up.
If you have a serious interest, contact us for a flight! - SPECIFICATIONS: Beech A23A Musketeer
- Horsepower: 165.0 Max Speed: 146mph 75% Cruise Speed: 138mph Stall Speed (full flaps): 58mph
- Gross Weight: 2,400lbs. Empty Weight: 1,325lbs. Difference: 1,075lbs.
- Fuel Capacity: 60gal.=360lbs. Useful Payload: 715lbs. Range: 565 nm
- Takeoff Ground Roll: 990 ft. Over 50 ft. Obstacle: 1,460 ft. Max Climb Rate: 880 fpm
- Service Ceiling: 11,870 ft.
- Landing Ground Roll: 640 ft. Over 50 ft. Obstacle: 1,260 ft
(This is stock photo of the same model. paint is similar, but ID # is different) - A roomy, stable, safe and economical 4 place airplane. $28,000
A touch of personal history with this airplane:
I started flying lessons in the 80's, and had accrued a few hours of instruction when I saw this Musketeer for sale at the Troutdale airport. I thought it looked so cool (and still do) and loved that it felt so solid (like an airliner) after having flown Cessna's which felt rickety in comparison. A mechanic told me that the struts and landing gear were over-built for safety and the plane is rated in the Utility Catagory (can pull 4.4 Gs although I never went above 2 G). Anyway, I bought it, finished my training in it and had my private pilot's license 7 weeks later! I spent the next two years flying a couple times a week and took it to the Bay area a couple times, often to the Oregon Coast and several times to the San Juan Islands. I enjoyed taking so many of my friends for flights around the local area and always marveled at flying around Mt. St. Helens and up the Columbia Gorge. I loved night flying over Portland and landing l on the same runways as the big guys. As time went on I was flying less as my career demanded more time, so I started a co-ownership and sold a share to Gerry Rodgers). He also loved the plane but after a couple years also was flying less. So we sold another share to Dave Taylor who had recently retired and had never flown. He learned to fly in the plane and went on to become a pilot for the local (search and rescue) Civil Air Patrol, flying their high performance planes. However, Dave recently lost his airman's medical. So he, Gerry and I got together reluctantly decided that it is time to let go.
Anyway, we are looking to find someone who will enjoy flying this bird (as much as we have) for many years to come. Might be you? Write any questions you may have and if you have a serious interest, contact us for a flight! (This is stock photo of the same model. paint is similar, but ID # is different)
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