The very best Deals in this hobby/sport are occurring right now in this economy right under our noses. If you can only find something non local and it has to be shipped then it is not a good deal.

Now more than at any time in my direct and continuous involvement since the middle fifties has there ever been better 'deals'. These deals are called buyouts and are in two catagorys. The first are gentlemen who have passed on and left huge sometimes eclectic collections to family who often have no knowledge or desire to deal with it.

The next catagory are folks I tend to catagorize as 'flutterbugs' i.e. those who flutter in and out of their hobbies rapidly for whatever reasons.

Now another factor is simply that their are far more builder/assembler/buyers who are not flyers. These are folks who you will never see at any sort of flying spot or flying field. I beleve these folks outnumber those of us who do fly at least ten to one and like even more.

The problem is how to locate or connect with these folks when they are of a mind to sell and that is the science/art, its not easy and as a newby its nots likely you will make those connections in a short time.

I am going to continue this post in a few moments to avoid being timed out.

John