Kyle did a pre-purchase inspection for me on a Super Cub a couple months ago, and saved me from buying a troubled airplane. Thanks Kyle 👍🏻

Pilot/Engineer/FAA A&P 30+ years. I can not stress the importance of spending a few hundred bucks on having a knowable, experienced and licensed person complete a pre-purchase inspection. I've seen countless buyers impulse buy only to face thousands in mandatory repairs and AWD compliance. "Buying an airplane is cheap as compared to PROPERLY & LEGALY maintaining it." Great hangar tour. Be safe everyone.

Just did an extensive two day pre-buy inspection on a 172B that I bought. Stayed with the AME every step of the way so I could see what was going on and to gain an understanding of the plane I was about to buy. Now I know what needs to be done, and I feel confident that I'm flying something safe. Walked away from a bunch of potential purchases because a pre-buy wasn't an option - seller wouldn't allow it because the plane was 'in annual'.

Brought my kid to the Evergreen air museum after seeing your video. He enjoyed it. He touched the SR71.

As an A&P IA I love working on a plane an owner just bought after not getting a pre-buy inspection. Money makers!!

I know a guy that bought a twin from Florida, seller provided a full inspection report that turned out to be bogus. The plane is being parted out, as it is beyond financial feasibility to repair. The engines, dash components, and landing gear are good, but the airframe is a mess. Get your own inspector!

When Ford went to an aluminum body on the F-150 they went to great lengths to keep the body from touching any steel. They have plastic in-between dissimilar metals and plastic bushings and oversized holes on bolts and rivets.

I have done dozens of pre-buy inspections (mostly on helicopters but some Fixed-wings also). The one thing that I always did is NEVER trust the paperwork, sign offs declarations. If it was done correctly, it is possible to find out sign-offs that were not done. A detailed inspection and study of all mandatory SBs, ADs, and approvals of mods, STCs to see if they were approved for the model and other details. I remember when I took the IA exams. The examiner would give me an aircraft, model, serial number, registration number, engine model and serial number, prop S/N and P/N with a P/N & S/N carburetor and starter P/N & S/N. Then I was asked if I could remove a the generator P/N & S/N and replace it with a more powerful Generator (say take off a 150 amp and install a 200 amp). In the TCDS the upgrade was listed and approved, BUT the serial number of the propeller was not certified for the aircraft serial number group, so you would be installing and approved replacement of the generator on an illegal airplane due to the non-approved propeller installation putting it out of compliance with the airframe TCDS.

Great tour and great experience for Kyle flying with you.

Thanks for sharing. Nice shop. I know it takes some doing to maintain and restore aircraft like this. Excellent reminder of the importance of a good pre-buy inspection from a reputable mechanic. Dang those corroded pieces at the beginning could have been catastrophic. Safe travels -

That was great JB. Please thank Kyle for his time. Very, very interesting. Especially the pre inspection prior to purchase. Take care and stay safe. 🤟🏽🖖🏽

Great tour, Juan!!

Great video Juan.. I see you did stop here in Creswell... Awesome!!! Glad you got to see what Tony is working on also!!!

This should be used on ANY important purchase. I do PPIs before any sports car unless brand new. If it carries your person or family it needs a PPI. It’s probably the least expensive and most important insurance you can buy and that’s triple on GA aircraft

Thanks for the tour Juan

Awesome! Thanks Jb!

Buying a plane is no different from a car, a boat or a wife, do not try to be rational or quantitative; buy your dream. Whatever you do there will be regrets but the dream will keep you warm for ever.

Great guy doing great work and passing on his passion for aviation.

Wow! you brought back some memories at Creswell. I grew up just over the hill from the airport and made my first long cross country from Concord, CA to see my parents. That was for my Commercial License. Over the years I have been into Creswell airport at least 20 times. Did they ever remove the tree at the south end of the runway? With only 2000 feet of runway I brushed the top of that tree several times. When I started flying in there their was only a 10 foot wide strip of asphalt. A Cherokee 6 just bearly fit. Thanks Juan for the memory flash.

Nice to see Kyle as another "Gura" mechanic... It is always a blessing of finding a special great mechanic. For they are the best friends not always at making us save money but in return, they save our behinds! G

Very interesting one.Good to see what can be discovered.Thanks.

Kyle is super nice! I had the little Baby Lakes Biplane and parked next to his N3N at the High Sierra Fly in.

A client of mine bought a taildragger from a “reputable dealer” then contacted me for some dual after the fact. No pre-purchase inspection. The sale included an “annual.” His insurance company required him to have 15 hours with a CFI before he solos it. During the past year, we’ve only had 5 hours and many issues with the airplane. Personally, I think it was a pencil whipped annual. ALWAYS have your own guy do a prebuy, get involved with owner assisted annuals, the workings of a borescope and the judicious use of ACF50. Your airplane and wallet will love you for it.

Wow, that was a good looking lunch!! LOL 8) --gary

Always enjoy going into a hanger with you.

Great show, let's see more of this.

Interesting shop and information.

The channel has been something of a travelogue lately. Juan is going to turn into Huell Howser. All he needs is a few catch phrases.

Beautiful wood... is that walnut on those ribs? Nice to see the old ways remembered and well-executed.

Another great video thanks 😁

I have been working on seaplanes here in British Columbia the last while. Just re-skinned the complete tail boom of a Cessna 182. Man she was crunchy and green in there. If your playing in the salt, hose it off often and keep the ACF50 on tap.

Great bush plane story!

It seems like common sense that a thorough inspection of an aircraft should be done prior to purchase, to identify any structural or mechanical issues. They are expensive (except the one bought for $4500 in the video) and safety is of the utmost importance.

JUAN, HI, that Cherokee, had a real case of Electrolisis in the rear, ALUMINIUM IS sacrificial , btw you recently shown;STUCK FLAPS’ & the reason, now I am just wondering if THAT might also be the case with DAN GRADERS, C150 ? I wonder why they don’t insulate those parts with AT LEAST HEAVY FISH PAPER ? Stay well, enjoy the flights ,cheers 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I bought my 1st airplane at Creswell. a 1978 Cessna 152. Ive drivin by it multiple times over my years of trucking. the Air Port is right next to I-5 freeway just north of Creswell Oregon and 10 or so miles south of Eugene Oregon

Last few aircraft I purchased while living and flying in Alaska for 20 years ,....I always inspect them myself

What a cool video! Had to investigate after that Menyour video!

I meet you both in Wayne. Juan did an interview on Steve Henry’s plane for me.

Great stuff!

Are you guys going to be checking out the Air museum in Tillamook, Or? Don't know if it's open anymore, but they had an F-14 and a bunch of other aircraft in an old blimp hanger. Also, Madras, Or has an excellent Air museum.

I've always wanted my pilots license, I've still flown a Cessna 206 multiple trips into imperial Valley and king city, Bakersfield

As an aircraft mechanic, don’t think I’ve seen any airplane bought without a prebuy that didn’t need one before it was too late! To all future airplane owners: please spend a little to save a lot!

Hey Juan, you've got at least one big fan at Lane Aviation Academy a stone's throw north of there! If you happen to drop by, I'd better not miss it!

The advantage of being a A&P you get to see and work aircraft. Ive bought several and flipped them after some repair...tri-pacer, C 150, cessna 140 ground looped. Started out in 1974 on DC3's and ended up on hvy jets. You can sink a TON...as in a TON of cash in a " Freshly Painted or nice looking" aircraft. Great Video. Pre inspection IN THE CONTRACT TO BUY ...IN WRITING is a Must.

Buying an experimental (EAB) can save you a ton of $$ on maintenance cost in parts alone. Bought my RV-8 in 2017. Had a pre-buy done, but over the next 2 years experienced regular downtime due to problematic auxiliaries...mags, servos, stick grip, transponder, ELT, solenoids, battery, hoses, carburetor. If I ever buy another used aircraft I'll take a look at the logs and if any auxiliaries have more than 1000 hrs on them, I'll just replace them all in one go. Cheap to do if an experimental. It would save a lot of time and money. Fires up within one revolution now, every time. No squawks in the past year and I fly most every day weather permitting.

I know, I know, that old saying if you have to ask how much fuel is, you can't afford it... But $4700 dollars? Wow! I never would have guessed that.

Kidding my Urologist about using the "borescope" - on me😳 Airmaster was quite efficient. Been around one years ago..

Fascinating

People right now are throwing $ at anything on the market. Inflated prices and FOMO. I looked at a couple and decided to wait it out. Demanding sellers who don’t even want to answer basics or wait while a prebuy is scheduled, just want a check in-full. They might get it but once these prices come back down I imagine there will be quite a few new airplane owners feeling regret.

Scotty Kilmer would agree! He'd say 'Get a mechanic like me to check it over.'

Creswell? You're hitting all the high points in the Willamette Valley. They used to have a local air show there, back when it was a 3000' strip, 30' wide

23 gph on the R-985 fuel burn. Beautiful wood wings the Bulldog. Wonder if that borescope can see the camshafts lobes. (Lyc on the top)? There’s a lot of things pre buy inspections can miss There not a guarantee to catch everything

Video had a Bruce Brown feel to it. 🤘⚡️🤘✨

Can you add a link to the borescope in the notes?

Would it be possible to have a short segment on where to find planes to buy - meaning reputable places. I see planes for sale on trade a plane and have no idea whether that's a good place to look vs. a dealer. I guess if one does a pre-buy inspection to these standards here, does it matter what the marketplace is?

Man, that guy has it going on.

Greetings from Wayne Ne!

What did you think of SoCal Flying Money rebuild of a Cherokee 6? 11,000 hours, ex cargo plane. "Put up wet." A "clean slate " for only $30,000. The 11,000 hours would make it a no go. Metal has memory. !!

Old aircraft you have to protect yourself and business. Doing a pre buy sounds simple open some panels two wings tail yep all there. Next annual corrosion found inside carry through bolt fitting guess where they are going. PP insp.

Smoke over DelNorte No winds 60° Sunny in Crescent City

I'm looking to buy at the moment, so this is a great learning opportunity for me. But I'm very curious: how is that not caught in annual? (Edit: I'm referring to the corrosion; how is that not caught during annual?)

Those gulf coast airframes...

Good to do

I just bought one that has not flown since annual in 2018 and has sat in a hangar. It goes to the shop this week on a ferry permit. I don’t think anything can be wrong with a 50 year old Arrow II. It has a brand new engine with 90 hours since new. No ADSB. And a ADF that takes up most of the co-pilots side. I am sure it will be out of the shop in a day or 2. It does have an inop AC with a belt zip tied on the cowling. I hope it drops about 100-120 pounds.

So Kyle why does the top of the valve look like that? Well the part that's not light gray (carbon)has been cooked off (due to over heating) by the hot gas leaking past.

This all started with kites great stuff

I love that N3N!

The 3 C's of buying an aircraft- Compression, Corrosion, Compliance.

Nice..

Like the dinosaur whiskey T-shirt😀👍

Buying an airplane out of Florida is basically buying a huge corroded metal. Great vid, Blancolirio.

And make sure you kick the tires and ensure the dealer gives you a full tank. Many like to skip out on the avgas! 😅

Would of loved to help , EK Airline engineer but not in the same country 🙈

That Florida sea air has to be rough on airplanes!

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Increase in airplane pricing will not help the industry only hurt it in the long run we need more manufactures and the FAA to reduce the medical requirements for General Aviation.

A bore scope could have help save Nine-O-Nines.

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we dog gone it... I wish I knew you were coming to our "sad" blue state... I'd have swung over and said hi.

Husky👍

like den Flyvende Norske Vimpel.

Buyer beware.....very very wary

4:30 why is the guy pointing at an empty space in his hangar?

Juan, in your travels ask pilots if the ever heard of the Christmas Bullet airplane. Ask them what was it famous for.

Get the camera with both end and side camera AND the monitor. Then don't have to fiddle with your phone or iPad.

what does a pre-buy cost

Buyer beware. I recently lost my 5000.00 deposit on a pre buy that I decided to pass on after my mechanic advised me to do so. Because I didn't put the deposit into escrow and the a/c owner decided he should keep my deposit since I chose to follow my mechanics advice I lost it all. I don't feel like it was the right thing for him to do that, but I have nothing in writing to protect myself from my ignorance and his moral low ground. Put everything in writing, even the deposit.

Pardon my language: Beware of Polished Turds. Especially in Florida/West Palm to Miami Troubled 135 operators looking for cash have even been known to swap engines (not the one in the engine log), and put a nice paint job on terrible aircraft.

$$$$$ If You can afford an airplane, then You can afford an A&P who is familiar with the model and type of airplane You wish to buy to do an inspaection

Hundred dollar salad!

42 years working on airplanes. Prepurchase...No such a thing. Accomplish a 100hr/annual on little airplanes.

For some reason I hate that term " influencer ".

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Never purchase any aircraft from the coast line of salt water