How to Buy a BRAND NEW Airplane (feat. Textron Aviation)

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Would be cool to have a video how a average person with a average income can buy a new one even if that means starting a partnership or club. Would be neat to lay out the math on a new one vs used in those scenarios

We need to lay out exactly what it costs to buy a new 182, 206, 208, CJ4 and so on. Seeing the complete and total financial picture helps everyone. It helps in financial planning to one day attain these goals. Many of us have a plan in place to do exactly that. But if everyone has the same knowledge with what exactly it’s going to cost, a actionable financial plan can be put in place to buy a brand new Cessna in the future. Everyone involved in any capacity within aviation understands that buying an airplane is super expensive. Everyone gets that. So let’s just put everything out in the open so we can all see exactly what it’s going to take to accomplish the goal.

Same 50 year old aircraft with a bunch of new LED displays in it for a price of a home. What an inspiring view of what GA has become :)

Making Purchasing New Planes Affordable - Ownership Sharing: I have not seen any adequate videos on this. There needs to be more info on how to form partnerships to share ownership. It needs to address the big questions like who pays for wear & tear and unusual wear or damage which might not even be noticed until nobody can figure out who caused it. If Im putting in twice the hours as others and doing soft field landings, I should pay for extra landing gear maintenance and oil changes etc. as we know if it was split three ways is still needlessly expensive. Then theres the questions of who gets to use the plane and when and who if any, get priority of use, etc., as these areas can generate dissatisfaction as well. So we need say, and Aviation Lawyer to really give us a breakdown and offer some very durable contract samples that we could take into a partnership where everybody is appropriately responsible and brings equality and satisfaction to the ownership scenarios.

Would love an update on what an actual delivery day is like at Cessna

I had no idea this was the process. What an incredible experience. I'd love to see this all played out from initial contact to end of training with a real customer. Thanks for the great video!

With the price of a brand new skylane exceeding 3/4 of a million dollars, i can see cessna pricing them right out of the market, my all time favorite aircraft, but the price? rediculous at best..

The 182, especially the Turbo is just about the best all around aircraft you can have. I had a T182T, 2006 model and sold it to get a 2022 T206H and I picked it up in June this year. I needed the extra useful load. For ease of use and fuel economy and the ergonomics of use, the 182 is very, very adequate in my experience. The delivery process is a once in a lifetime experience that every pilot should strive to take part in sometime in their life.

I was considering buying a pre owned 182 after seeing this they kinda sold me on a brand new one! Thank you so much for your video

Lapsed pilot and current ATCer i like to watch these videos to make my boat seem super “cheap” to own and use

Awesome video! This isn’t a topic I have seen covered before by aviation YouTubers.

Boston, MA area - I promised my youngest son to pay for his pilots license training next summer. When he is done the Cessna turbo Stationair with floats would be the ultimate rig for him. What really impressed me is the low fuel burn rate & 1,441LBS of useful load. Him & his buddies will have a blast running up to the NH & ME lakes & with a commercial license he could even set it up as a tax deductible ferry plane. Beyond the specs visually it is one of the best looking planes ever.

Another great video! Low key makes me want to get into Aircraft sales!

Absolutely!

That 182 sure is making its rounds. 🤣Awesome you got your chance too!

Something I would like addressed is why a Cessna 172 in 1976 cost about $20,000, but in 2022 a 172 is about $380,000. $20k adjusted for inflation is $100,000, a 5X inflation increase. However from $100k to $380k is a 19X increase in price. Why does a Cessna now cost 19 times more than it use to in a world of automated and outsourced manufacturing?? 🤔

Truly interesting interview. I have to say Textron's web of dealers and service bays are everywhere which in itself is very comforting.

The support system sounds great! Training in 2001 was not so easy to find for the system you had in your plane, therefore you had to learn on your own. I am sure there was training but it was not easy to find.

I feel like this didn't really answer the questions that I would've asked. Personally I wanna be punched in the gut with financial facts about even getting that experience. There should've been a scenario that was actually described with actual pricing as well as who would even qualify to own an airplane from Cessna. You say it's not like buying a car or house, yet the only way it really is different is the manufacturing experience, which in terms of houses, you can actually have. Some car companies also allow for customization of all the features and colors you want so in that sense both are similar. Is buying a plane different? Do you get a 72 month finance like you would with a car, or is it a 30 year mortgage like you would get with a house? How is that different? Aside from that the video was informative about how the company treats the customer during the buyer experience.