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jaggernaut
#1 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 2:10:11 PM
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Have seen this info in the Business daily. Seems like time to take to the skies!!!

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Kenya’s flying millionaires

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“With $30,000 (Sh2.7 million), anybody can get a used Cessna 150 in good working condition,” Mr Trempeneau, who owns Kenya Aeronav, said.

To put that into perspective, Sh2.7 million is the price of a used Toyota Harrier, much less than the price of a 2004 Toyota Prado and about a fifth of the price of a brand new Landcruiser VX.

Terry Davidson, the former KCB Managing Director, says a plane costs much less than an average 4X4 vehicle on the roads but are much safer.

“One buys a plane to escape the madness that Kenyan roads have become notorious for,” says Mr Davidson adding that the speed and comfort with which a plane accesses far-flung areas are other reasons to take to the skies.
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jaggernaut
#2 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 2:24:08 PM
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I have googled and confirmed. A cessna 150 is actually going for US$12,000. Infact, that's the price of an Nissan X-trail before paying duty (CIF).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_150

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Barrywhite
#3 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 2:42:37 PM
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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm; truly interesting guys. Wilson airport could be full soon and in need of expansion ........
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jamplu
#4 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 2:48:58 PM
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Barrywhite wrote:
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm; truly interesting guys. Wilson airport could be full soon and in need of expansion ........



please do i'll open a spare shop dar-esalaam road na panel beating na spray shop langata. Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
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#5 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 3:41:22 PM
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jaggernaut wrote:
I have googled and confirmed. A cessna 150 is actually going for US$12,000. Infact, that's the price of an Nissan X-trail before paying duty (CIF).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_150


And planes are duty free.
He who can express in words the ardour of his love, has but little love to express. - Petrach, Son. (That men by various ways arrive at the same end. - Montaigne, The Essays of.)
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dijkstra
#6 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 3:42:37 PM
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nkt; maajabu
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McReggae
#7 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 3:47:11 PM
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I opened the thread and still could not imagine the heading could be true, wa!!!
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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majimaji
#8 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 4:05:41 PM
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How much to get a private pilot license?
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Gathige
#9 Posted : Friday, October 07, 2011 4:48:09 PM
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@ Jaggernaut,

The article indicates the main costs are in fuel, parking, maintenance etc. The initial cost is minimal but the operational costs astronomical. No wander the skies are not full of "flying Mikebes".

My boss has one and its envious how he operates between the office (where he works), Wilson ( where he parks) a green place ( where he lives) and Coast where he spends his weekends. His is a two seater for himself and the wife. The man is just happy and never ages
"Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least." Goethe
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