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  1. Montana Madness added a post in a topic MKIV project near Wenatchee WA   

    To those of you with build experience.... What do you realistically think it would take to get this bird back in the air? How big of a chore is it to recover? She looks to have been stored outside for the past few years at least. Tail number puts her having been built around ‘94 -‘95. Price point is good but cost to get airworthy could be substantial yet. Let me know your thoughts if you don’t mind, I might drive over and take a look and would love to have some of your guy’s experience. 
    Thanks,
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  2. Montana Madness added a post in a topic Avid MKIV for sale In Oregon   

    Do you happen to have any pictures of this plane?
     
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  3. Montana Madness added a post in a topic Looking for some advice on a plane purchase   

    Allen, 
     
    Thanks for the reply, I wasn't very clear... I don't intend to use this plane for IFR conditions, but in order to use a plane at the flight school to continue to build hours I would have to stay enrolled in a flight curriculum and an IFR rating would be the next step. The flight school doesn't rent planes just to build hours. What I really want to do is fly locally, some backwoods, go do some fishing etc. I live in a great place if you want to be outdoors and I am fortunate enough that my family has enough land I can put in a private grass strip. As such an Avid or Fox seems to be just the ticket. I am finding that I can't help but smile every time I shut my phone off and climb into the cockpit...a brief stint of sanity in an insane world. 
    Thanks again for the help. Joel
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  4. Montana Madness added a topic in For Sale and wanted, you got it, I want it   

    Looking for some advice on a plane purchase
    So, I’m new to the forum and the flying world in general. I am just finishing up my private pilot’s license. As such, I am looking at purchasing a plane as there is no where near me to rent one to build hours. I would have to continue on to get an instrument rating etc. and keep flying with the school which is a bit hard on the pocket book and not as flexible as I would like. I have been looking at the Avids and Kitfoxes for awhile. They are well within my budget and are right in line with what I want to use a plane for. (I love NORTHIDAHOAVIDFLYERS Mk4 and may have to go take a closer look at it.) However, I have no flight time in one and am wondering what some of you with experience in these planes think about them as far as a starter plane for someone with minimal flight experience. Obviously they demand respect and attention as all planes do, I just don’t want to purchase something that is beyond my current experience level. You know the old saying, “experience is what you get when you were expecting something else” however, that experience 1500’agl (or on landing) can be a bit harsh. I don’t have a Tailwheel endorsement yet but that is on the list next. 
    Thanks in advance for all your thoughts. 
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