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End of the Line: Bizjets to Beer Cans
With the FAA mandate for ADS-B equipage looming at the beginning of 2020, there is debate within the industry as to whether this added expense will precipitate a major retirement of elderly business aircraft, those whose diminished value and use would scarcely justify the cost of the upgrade. Some believe the cost of equipage could drop so much by the deadline that many of those owners will indeed make the move to upgrade their aircraft, which are still perfectly capable of flight despite their… (www.ainonline.com) Altro...
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I wonder if there is any market for those fuselages to be made into travel trailers, motorhomes, storage buildings, houseboats, or playground playhouses.
Most are way too wide to be used on trailers... But there are some old Airline Airframes converted into homes.
It's the little guys that's going to get hurt. People that own a Cub or a T-Craft, or an Airknocker at VNY, (for example) or any other towered airport: they'll need to install an entire electrical system to run the ADS-B out, and then there's the issue of an alternator on a 65HP engine. Aside from the expense of installing an electrical system, then expense of installing the ADS-B out - both of which will probably equal the cost of the airplane - then there's the load on the smaller engine.
It will probably ground a lot of aircraft.
The FAA's motto: "We're not happy until you're not happy."
It will probably ground a lot of aircraft.
The FAA's motto: "We're not happy until you're not happy."
Wrong. If a transponder is not required now in the airspace and aircraft you fly now, it will not change and be required in 2020.
So they will not need an ADS-B out?
..Joe
..Joe
Good article. The title subject is misleading. ADS-B is relatively inexpensive for most planes, put in a Garmin GTX345 and a WAAS gps source to it. The real reason is in the body of the article, engine overhaul cost. An old Lear or 500 Citation is worth what’s left on the engines.
