The Best Place to List Aircraft For Sale?

Barnstormers and Trade-a-Plane

 

The two standard places that I believe are most popular are
Trade-a-plane (www.tradeaplane.com)
www.barnstormers.com

 

www.controller.com

 

Most of the "for sale" sites get rolled up into a site called "Global Plane Search" (G-P-S).
The biggest exception to this is Trade-a-plane.

When I was looking to buy a plane a few years ago, I checked only Trade-a-plane and G-P-S. A lot of buyers hear about G-P-S and go there first (mostly because it is free).

Here is a link to it:
http://www.globalplanesearch.com/view/all/All.htm

So, I recommend putting your ad in two places: Trade-a-plane and one of the several websites that are rolled up into G-P-S (try to find a free or low cost one to advertise in).

To see the websites that get rolled up into G-P-S, use the left side menu and click on "Cessna" and then "172" which will produce over 100 ads. You'll see on each ad line where the ad came from. Website like Aircraft Shoppers Online, Controller.com, Plane Check, etc.

Good luck.

 

For jets definitely www.controller.com

 

+1 for turbine powered.

For a 25D and JetStar you probably need to look at part out value.

Jeff

 

Jake,

Part of my discussion is based upon operating in the US. If you are in Central/South America or Africa and not flying into the US or Europe then some of this is of less importance.

During this market adjustment for aircraft values have been crucified for old planes. A glaring example is the G-IV market - relatively early ones can be bought for $5-$7 while 2 years ago they were mid teens and higher.

The Lear 25D is a Stage 1/no-stage aircraft for noise. You have already been banned from some airports and the list is likely to get even longer; Europe is already mostly "out". In some cases you may be able to still fly in and out of the airport but a potential buyer can't base the plane there (the "no add" rule). For a 25D you must be a 197x build. That makes you 30+ years old in a market that is having issues with aircraft more than 15. Going forward the FAA mandates for cockpit upgrades continue to be a problem - more expense to keep the aircraft operational and integrating to old systems.

If your engines are still in good condition they may be worth more than the rest of the aircraft.

JetStar II: If I remember right this was bult as Stage II but there has been a mod available that made them Stage III. Always kind of a neat airplane with 4 engines and the Goldfinger connection. The bad news is that they are 25 years old, always have been a maintenace hog, requires feeding 4 engines and the range never was true, no excuses, coast-to-coast. The operational cost of the JetStar II (which is at least held in higher esteem than a converted JetStar 731) allows a bigger aircraft for the same outlay.

If you are fortunate to find buyers be prepared for real low ball offers.

Jeff