Montana county sheriff's office purchases Super Cub
The Valley County Sheriff's Office in Montana purchased a Piper PA18 Super Cub airplane. The general aviation aircraft was offered through a government surplus program for $2,500. "When you've got a county with over 5,000 square miles in it, it's a pretty great thing to have," said Sheriff Glen Meier. Billings Gazette (Mont.) (5/1

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-a ... b3cc4.html

I'll take 10 of em!

That sounds like a cool job

I think that Cub needs some ski's and AK Bushwheels

I wonder how the price was set for the government surplus PA 18.

dirtstrip wrote:I wonder how the price was set for the government surplus PA 18.

How do we get our paws on one

Customs and Border Protection surplused all their Super Cubs. They have to be offered first to other law enforcement agencies, and there's a specific order in which agencies can line up. If no agencies want them, they can then be sold to the HIGHEST bidder. Lately, those govt. airplane auctions have sold for a lot of $$$.

Surplus aircraft CAN BE a pretty good deal. In this case, I'd say they got a REAL good deal. All those cubs were fairly recently upgraded and renovated.

Good on the sheriffs dept.

MTV

Yet another site I should never visit:

http://www.govliquidation.com/

[quote="OregonMaule"]Montana county sheriff's office purchases Super Cub
The Valley County Sheriff's Office in Montana purchased a Piper PA18 Super Cub airplane. The general aviation aircraft was offered through a government surplus program for $2,500. "When you've got a county with over 5,000 square miles in it, it's a pretty great thing to have," said Sheriff Glen Meier. Billings Gazette (Mont.) (5/1

Looks like a old Border Patrol Supercub --- Probably 20,000 plus hours .Gov't agency's such as Sheriffs departments get super deals on equipment surplus ed by one agency to another .