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| Subject: | FW: Aircraft for Sale - Conquest I |
Folks,
Further to Russell's comments, the problem with the Conquests is that Cessna
have put an absolute life on most of the airframe, 22,000h from memory, and
cost of complying with the Cessna SID (Supplementary Inspection Document)
virtually means that is the absolute life.
A number have been scrapped here in AU, as a result.
The Commander situation is mild, by comparison.
Cheers,
Bill Hamilton
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of
rlegg@austarnet.com.au
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 4:51 PM
Subject: RE: Commander-List: FW: Aircraft for Sale - Conquest I
Hi Folks,
I have just watched (closely), the work involved in running two of these
airframes through the SIDS process.
The first one a Conquest 1, had extensive tail and wing work done 'in-house'
by the owner/operator who sourced a consulting AME Airframe specialist to do
the work onsite. The airframe still needs extensive 'fuselage' reworking and
that will need to be done elsewhere. The cost so far has been quoted as
A$600,000 without the extra fuselage work!
That suddenly makes the 'US$0' deal look a whole lot less attractive unless
you have a lot of air time booked for the finished product.
The second one a Conquest 11, had the same tail and wing work but was
'passed' on the fuselage work. This still came in at around A$400,00 and the
airframe was down for five months...again the work was done 'inhouse' by the
same consultant.
And yes, I know I have been distracted by Cessnas but there are no
Commanders in my part of remote Oz!
Cheers
Russell
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