The PlaneFox Blog

PlaneFox lists 288 Cessna 172s against 54 Diamond DA40s. Supply, airframe material and the hangar question decide most of this choice.

PlaneFox lists 122 SR20s, 234 SR22s and 108 SR22Ts. The engine is the difference between them, and the CAPS clock is dated rather than flown.

Robinson publishes operating costs for both aircraft, so they can be compared on one basis. At low annual hours the gap widens sharply.

Current Rotax 912 ULS and 914 engines run to 2,000 hours or 15 years, and rubber components have their own five-year limit. Check dates and serial numbers, not just hours.

A glossary of the abbreviations used in aircraft adverts, each with the question it should prompt you to ask the seller.

The G1000 median asking price is four times the single-engine median, and that gap is airframe mix rather than a glass cockpit premium.