As a rookie the fear is that I make a horrible purchase which ends up costing me my primary home.About me, I have been fixing aircraft for over 20 years and this is primary income.

I believe if the aircraft companies are back then it will be a much stronger market.

Had over 20 pump trucks, over xx Helicopters and over 40 C17 style water aircraft in play.They also helped the Oregon and Washington forest fires.

Defense contractors gobbling up hundreds of billions of dollars in federal contracts while making civilian aircraft that falls off the skies, because they want to cut corners and squeeze every penny they can out of production?

Had over 20 pump trucks, over xx Helicopters and over 40 C17 style water aircraft in play.They also helped the Oregon and Washington forest fires.

Like aircraft checklists and vehicle operators manuals (the -10s), one can benefit from extensive research, trial and error, and deliberate improvement principles gained by the many that have gone the path before. 

For $23k, they better have replaced the whole sewer line with double-wall aircraft aluminum and platinum fittings!

Army Veteran and A&P Certified Heli/PlaneTech.Hobbies Include: Light Sport Aircraft, JDM Cars, Exotic Cars, Snow Boarding, Welding, Mountain Biking, Dirt Bikes, Jet Skis, Drag Racing, AutoX, Kayak, Loons Soccer, etc.....you get the idea.

Dude your so naive  planes falling out of the sky lately ( all Southwest ) is clearly pilot Error has nothing to do with Boeing.. media reporting on Aircraft incidences is so poor .. they have no clue what they are talking about..

In November, the company announced A220 aircraft assembly is planned to start in 2019, using a combination of the existing and expanded Airbus facilities at Brookley.