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Let’s Try This Again

Finished with pre-buy inspections in Nashville, it’s ready for us. Dick Karl
Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • After a disappointing and costly first jet purchase driven by emotion, the author is making a more dispassionate and cautious second attempt to acquire an aircraft.
  • The author has shifted from a Beechcraft Premier 1 to a more modest Cessna CJ1, prioritizing proven reliability, easier part availability, and their own prior experience and type rating.
  • The new approach involves enlisting legal and maintenance experts, seeking aircraft with strong maintenance histories, and leveraging an aircraft sales team to secure a suitable CJ1 before it hits the open market.
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It is said that a second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. The same might be said of a second attempt at buying a jet just a few months after having suffered a painful breakup. Things are surely different the second time around.

Dick Karl

Dick Karl is a cancer surgeon who appreciates the beauty and science involved in both surgery and flying. Dick’s monthly Gear Up celebrates the human side of flying. He writes about his enthusiasm for both the machines and the people who fly and maintain them.

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