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Backcountry Pilot • So you want to buy an airplane overseas? Pt 2 is up

So you want to buy an airplane overseas? Pt 2 is up

Did you fly somewhere cool, take photos, and feel like telling the tale to make us drool from the confines of our offices? Post them up!
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So you want to buy an airplane overseas? Pt 2 is up

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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas?

Wow, sounds like fun. It's nice to be reminded again how easy my job is.
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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas?

Great story and glad you shared. My first thought is, why would anybody think bringing a baby into a world like that a good thing.
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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas?

Great story. India is India. Bring patience.
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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas?

Heh - I'm making popcorn for Part Two...

India - Great place to visit! Doing business there... not so much!
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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas?

Enjoying this story dog pilot! Looking forward to part 2.

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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas?

I'm curious what the previous owner used the plane for-----giving scenic rides or rich person that liked floatplanes or ????? Evidently it didn't work out.
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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas?

Do you do this for a living? Or just a sucker for punishment? Must've been a hell of a deal to make that worthwhile.

Great story though.
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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas?

Great write up! Totally brought me back to my visits there. I remember very clearly one time being stuck in traffic in Bangalore with a guy on crutches making better time than we were.
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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas?

Great read. I'm looking forward to Part Two
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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas? PT 2

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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas? Pt 2 is up

Wow!!!! another great read and I thought I had some interesting experiences.
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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas? Pt 2 is up

Any experience with Germany? Im seeing a lot of beautiful certified aircraft for sale in Germany.
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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas? Pt 2 is up

Can't wait to hear more, this is the stuff of great stories, and you're pretty damn good at telling them.

Thanks for taking the time to write it up!

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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas? Pt 2 is up

Dogpilot,

Could you please conduct more business in shady places so we can get more stories like this?

Thanks,
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Re: So you want to buy an airplane overseas? Pt 2 is up

The paperwork may continue after the rescued airplane arrives in the US. For some reason, maintenance standards in other countries don't cut it compared to the US. I know of some C206's imported back from Turkey that turned into a very expensive headache for the company that imported them back to the US. Maybe there will be a Part 3 to the tale inthis thread.
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