Army’s first monoplane. $10,000 new off the line.
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I believe they go a bit higher, these days.
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The Ryan RecruitBy lex, on March 12th, 2010
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You could also have paid a lot less for the cars & other cool stuff – I want to go back and buy a few surplus planes as they were when they were sold in the 1960s
Take a look at 1960s – here is a snapshot -
To provide an estimate of inflation we have given a guide to the value of $100 US Dollars for the first year in the decade to the equivalent in todays money
If you have $100 Converted from 1960 to 2005 it would be equivalent to $679.09 today
Volkswagon beetle $1,769
Ford Mustang 2 door hardtop $2368
Example of a home of Property for sale in the 1960′s
1963 New Homes Lowell Massachusetts
large tree wooded plots, colored bath and kitchen fixtures, full basement Formica kitchen 3 bedrooms From $15,500
I believe they go a bit higher, these days.
Price-wise or altitude-wise?
My first thought was, “I hope they go higher, that’s got to be what, two feet?” Then I realized Capt. Lex probably was talking about the filthy lucre.
A slendid example of the type flew into nearby RHV, mebbe five years ago. I was on evening commute and the sight of teh taxiing A/C was worth a turnaround to Amelia Reid Aviation. The sound of the five cylinder radial was unfamiliar music – but I could quickly get used to it. The gentlemen aboard allowed me to help wipe clean the engine spatterings from the full brightwork.
I have to find those images.
Looks like only 50 percent of the DAS is aboard.
When I got out of the Navy a Cessna 150 cost less then $15,000.
Yes, well, compound interest over extended periods of time will do that
Are you accusing me of being old juvat?
Merely expressing admiration for the multitudinous opportunities presented to learn life’s lessons.
When I started taking flying lessons in 1976 (on my parents dime) a C-150 cost $10 an hour to rent. But then, my Dad had the best truck driving job in town and was making about $5 an hour, and my mom didn’t work outside our home.
That guy in the front cockpit is kinda short.
Quartermaster … And when I bought my Volkswagen Beetle in the early 1960s, it cost me, brand new, $1900 — and oh my goodness, how I cherished it. Didn’t ever race it in sports car races, though — the SCCA had a special Volkswagen class for those who wanted to race them.
That’s a beautiful plane, by the way, Lex. My first memories, from when I was about 2 or three years old, include the lazy, soothing sound of propeller-driven engines of small planes cruising over the house. Like a lullaby…
Marianne
I had a Bug when I first got married in ’74. I loved that thing. So easy to take care of. When we got in a family way my wife quit work and I had give up one car, so I gave the bug to my younger brother. 2 months later he was T-boned at a 4 way stop when some drunk ran the stop sign. Totalled the poor thing. I went and took a look at it. It was like going to the funeral of a close friend.
My first car was a ’72 Super Beetle. Pumpkin Orange.
Four weeks after I got it, I was staying with my dad in southern California during spring break. Awakened at 4am the next morning by a neighbor pounding on the front door, saying “Steve, they wrecked your car!”
Some partygoer a couple streets down left the party, mad and under the influence, got in his Galaxy 500. By the time things settled out, he’d taken out a front lawn, hit grazed two telephone poles, four cars, and ended up in our cul-de-sac having squished my bug between two large Plymouths. All four corners bent, etc.
And they guy responsible? He was standing in the middle of the street, his car steaming gently, headlights still on. And him declaiming to the local police officer on the scene, “But I’m a *good* driver!”
Took four weeks to get my car back from the shop; some of the needed parts hadn’t been stocked from VW Germany yet.
My dad learned to fly in a Ryan PT-22.
Years later, as a rookie A&P, I had an opportunity to buy a basket case PT-22.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t afford the purchase and he couldn’t afford the rebuild (even with free labor).
Before Alzheimer’s took full effect my mother bought dad a ride in an ultralight in Lodi, Calif near where they lived. He was ecstatically happy.
I so wish it had been in the Ryan but, never the less, it was a quality ride. Quite possibly, to him, it was the Ryan.
using an inflation calculator, 10k in 1934 is about 158k in 2009 dollars. On the other hand, in regards to “going a little higher”, Ash Carter (DOD Acquistion) the CAPE director and GAO gurus were on the hill couple days ago. JSF definitely breaching Nunn McCurdy with a cost of 80-95 mill per CAPE or even as high as 115. Everyone knows it, the USAF will make it official in a couple of days. And it’s still in SDD and we’re planning on buying around 300 of which concurrently doing development… Sooooo, so much for the aircraft that was supposed to be the affordable Ying to the F22 Yang. The F22 flyaway cost in 2009 is around 150 mil. Anyone care to bet that when JSF reaches IOC with the Navy in 2016 (as of now, 2 years behind), the cost will be equal or higher?
We cant seem to do anything right when it comes to acquisition
I remember going to Lunken Airport in Cincinnati OH with my Dad, probably circa 1953-4, and seeing rows of Texans and SNJs sitting there on the grass for sale. I asked my Dad why we couldn’t buy one, and he said they wanted $500 for one of them! I wish I had been a little clairvoyant and suggested he 2nd-mortgage the house, and buy 10 of them!