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Abandoned Piper found

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  1. Bob Zambelli

    Bob Zambelli F1 Rookie Silver Subscribed

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    As a current Cherokee owner, this is sad to see.
     
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    Outdated FAA regulations make the greatest planes impossible to repair in economically reasonable manner. Sad!
     
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  5. Bob Zambelli

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    I can relate. I had a PA 28-151 for 26 years - a fine aircraft.
    Turns out I know Mike.
    He's in my American Legion post.
    Nice guy, it's a shame the aircraft has come to this sad condition.
    I thought of "rescuing" it but I think it's past the point of diminishing returns.

    Bob Z.
     
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    My old neighbor when I was a kid had one of those. He took me up in it a few times, loved every second of it. His was white with blue stripping..beautiful little aircraft. Sad to see one sitting a Abandoned like that.
     
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    It seems like every local airport has one or two airplanes collecting dust with birds nests in the cowl ducts.

    I asked the FBO about an abandoned twin at my local airport and they said the owner pays his tie-down rent every year. The plane hasn't flown in over a decade I think.

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  8. Hannibal308

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    Loved the PA-28. Switched from a Tomahawk and checked out in one when I was 16 years old and getting set to do my cross country flights for my ticket. Sad that one.
     
    Hannibal308, Mar 26, 2017
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  10. NürScud

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    Agree. Great planes.
     
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